LETTER: Government pays lip service to early education
Just five months ago President Cyril Ramaphosa promised ECD would be compulsory for all children
31 July 2019 - 05:03
The shambles that is early childhood education (ECD) in SA continues, highlighted by your report about the funding crisis and closure of ECD centres in the Eastern Cape (“Eastern Cape ECD centres face onslaught from provincial government”, July 29).
This was just five months after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in his state of the nation address a move towards “two years of compulsory ECD for all children”. The latest promise seems to fall into the same category as the pledge a decade ago to bring 1-million more children into grade R between 2001 and 2004. ..
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