Early Childhood Development Resource Centre (ECDRC) conducted a two-week long course for trainers of the Child Development Project in the Chittagong Hill Tracts at BU-IED from 28 March till 10 April 2007. Having completed the BU-IED training, the trainers will carry out regular training for the facilitators of child development centres in the hill districts. The Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board (CHTDB) has implemented the Integrated Child Development Project (ICDP), supported by UNICEF.
The content of the training included early learning, child health, child nutrition, water & sanitation, birth registration, child rights and gender. The main objective of the training course was to develop a group of master trainers in ICDP for greater effectiveness of its activities. Ms. Mahmuda Akhter, Head of ECDRC, BU-IED coordinated the training course.