# ICEQC-ORG-2230:2026 — International Early Childhood Education Quality Applicability Module

Status: Published

Version: 2026

Additional ICEQC education quality requirements for international early childhood education organizations and services.

## Document status

This is the controlled English edition. The applicable edition and status are identified in the ICEQC Standards Register.

## 1 Name

## 2 Purpose

## 3 Authority and application

## 4 Certification object

## 5 Selection rule

## 6 Inherited requirements

## 7 Education-content boundary

## 8 External-status boundary

## 9 No comparative status

## 10 Scope profiles

## 11 Evidence operation

## 12 Conformity form

## 13 International early childhood scope

## 14 International education purpose

## 15 Pedagogical framework and international model

## 16 Host-jurisdiction and local-context integration

## 17 Multilingual development

## 18 Home language and identity continuity

## 19 Intercultural learning through everyday experience

## 20 Child profile and internationally mobile families

## 21 Admission, settling and transition information

## 22 Transition to primary school or another system

## 23 Personnel language and intercultural competence

## 24 International recruitment and personnel suitability

## 25 Learning environment and cultural representation

## 26 Family communication across languages

## 27 Safeguarding across languages and jurisdictions

## 28 Health, consent and emergency information

## 29 Cross-border data and imagery

## 30 External programme and service relationships

## 31 Programme-owner status and claims

## 32 Development, readiness and school-identity claims

## 33 Child and family experience and improvement

## 34 Through-school interface

## 35 Programme suspension, closure and transition protection

## 36 Operational resources and financial continuity

## 37 Evidence planning

## 38 Assessment conclusions

## 39 Certificate scope

## 40 Surveillance

## 41 Change control

# 1 Minimum evidence framework

# 2 Conformity and nonconformity interpretation

# 3 Controlled public wording

# 4 Normative cross-reference and non-duplication map

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ICEQC certification is voluntary and does not constitute governmental authorization, institutional licensing, programme accreditation, degree recognition or academic equivalency.