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When community works: Early learning playgroups in the North West

When community works: Early learning playgroups in the North West

by Svetlana | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog, ECD News, Lessons from the Field, Publications

The  Early Learning Playgroup Programme is an innovative public-private partnership, which trains government-contracted community workers in rural areas to run early stimulation playgroups for children aged 3 -5.  The benefits for the children are access to a quality...

After the promises: a guide to ECD post the local government elections 2016

by Svetlana | Aug 11, 2016 | Blog, The Policy Post

(Photo credit: The Guardian) Well, the local government elections, and hopefully the celebratory or remorse hangovers, are now behind us. The newly elected administrations now face the hard work of making the many promises a reality and creating better communities and...

The Policy Post: Rounding up South Africa’s recent ECD policies and programmes

by Svetlana | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog, ECD News, The Policy Post

This week’s policy post provides a brief overview and update on the status of a number of recent policy, programme and research initiatives relevant to ECD in South Africa. At the centre is the national ECD policy and programme of action under the leadership of the...

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