I just finished my Cert III in early childhood education and care with HBA. Before that I already got a PhD in ECE but a PhD degree is not recognised by ACECQA as being eligible to teach in child care service.

The strength of HBA is that the assessors are very reachable and supportive. They also appear very professional. I was especially fortunate to have Jessica Bray to mark the most of my workbooks. She is a fantastic trainer with great patience and strong commitment to help me throughout the journey.

To me a weakness of HBA is that there are too many assignments in the workbooks. Sometimes the assignments are too small but many which can cause us learners to lose the focus or the whole picture. This, however, may be a common problem for all providers which offer online programs. I heard my colleagues who said he did not have so many trivial assignments. He went to his institute physically not online.

Overall it is an great experience studying with HBA.

Approximate cost: $1400