by Svetlana | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog, The Policy Post
2016 has been a good year for early childhood development in South Africa. The National Integrated ECD Policy was adopted Many more ECD centres, which had previously battled to register and improve access to quality services, were able to register and access the ECD...
by Svetlana | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog, The Policy Post
This Wednesday, Minister Pravin Gordhan presented South Africa’s annual mini budget – or the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement, as it goes by formally. The MTBPS is crucially important for the country, and for the ECD sector, as it gives an indication...
by Svetlana | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog, ECD News, The Policy Post
On 6 September 2016, the Departments of Social Development (DSD) and Basic Education (DBE) made another presentation to the Basic Education Parliamentary Portfolio Committee. The minutes of the briefing and Q&A can be viewed here. The Departments noted that they,...
by Svetlana | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog, The Policy Post
Looking back, it is clear from the recently published 2014/15 annual reports and strategic plans for the core ECD departments of Health, Social Development and Basic Education, that a number of important policy shifts have taken place. ECD is at the forefront of the...
by Svetlana | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, The Policy Post
Welcome to the first Policy Post of 2016! 2015 ended on a high note for ECD, with the approval by Cabinet of a national ECD policy. What worries us is that a number of less positive developments in the country at the end of last year raise the risk of overshadowing...
