by Svetlana | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog, ECD News
Unicef has launched its first-ever global report dedicated to early childhood education – A World Ready to Learn: Prioritizing quality early childhood education. This report gives a comprehensive analysis on the state of early childhood education globally and...
by Svetlana | Apr 3, 2019 | Blog, ECD News
In his SONA address in February, President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged that the responsibility of ECD will move from the Department of Social Development to the Department of Basic Education this year. This function shift will affect the ECD community in a number of ways...
by Svetlana | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog, ECD News, Innovation Edge
An article on the development and use of one of our investments, the Early Learning Outcomes Measure (ELOM) has been published in a peer review journal – Child: Care, Health & Development (2019). ELOM is a rigorously standardised, culturally fair and simple to...
by Svetlana | Feb 13, 2019 | Blog, ECD News
This year’s State of the Nation Address may have radically changed South Africa’s prospects for education and economic growth. For the first time, there is a clear commitment to early childhood development (ECD), which is globally recognized as the most powerful...
by Svetlana | Dec 10, 2018 | Blog, ECD News
In 2012 Cotlands started its non-centre based early childhood development programme and has made play-based early learning opportunities available to 12 675 children in South Africa’s poorest communities through toy libraries and playgroups. The underlying premise of...
by Svetlana | Dec 6, 2018 | Blog, ECD News, Parenting
The new South African 24-hour Movement Guidelines for Birth to Five years, which describes how much physical activity, sitting, screen time and sleep babies, toddlers and children between 0-5 should be getting, was launched this week. The launch of the movement...
