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Diagnostic Review of Early Childhood Development
Format of the Report
The report consists of several sections: A one-page Policy Summary A six-page Executive Summary A Report Appendices consisting of: o o o A list of documents consulted. Names of people consulted and/or invited to the four provincial panels. Twelve detailed Background Papers on the following topics: 1. Scientific evidence for the importance of early child development for human capacity, health and personal and social adjustment, 2. The role of the State: Legal obligations to provide comprehensive early child development services, 3. An overview of the ECD policy framework in South Africa, 4. Maternal and child health and nutrition, 5. Parenting, 6. Safe and affordable childcare, 7. Opportunities for Learning (ECCE), 8. Human resource development for ECD programmes and services for 0-4-year-olds, 9. Grade R, 10. Government funding for ECD in South Africa, 11. Cost and impact, 12. South African data. An annotation describing amendments to the Children’s Act to give effect to ECD priorities.
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Professor Linda Richter Linda Biersteker, Professor Justine Burns, Dr Chris Desmond, Dr Nosisi Feza, Dr David Harrison, Patricia Martin, Professor Haroon Saloojee and Wiedaad Slemming
Submitted 9th March 2012 Revision 30 May 2012
Diagnostic Review of the ECD Sector
10 April 2012
Diagnostic Review of the Early Childhood Development Sector
Policy summary
On the eve of the review and revision of the National Integrated Plan for Early Child Development 2005-2010, the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency and the Inter-Departmental Steering Committee on Early Childhood Development commissioned a Diagnostic Review of the prevailing Early Childhood Development (ECD) paradigm, current services, human resources, funding and impact. The DR is based on a review of 112 relevant policy documents, evaluations and studies, as well as consultations with ECD...