N6 Educational Psychology
The table below demonstrates that there are significant gaps in provision. These gaps mean that our service provision unfortunately continues to advantage the advantaged.
70% 50%
70% of 0-4 year olds do not have access to out-of-home care.
This increases to 80% amongst the poorest of the poor.
50% of 3-4 year olds do not have access to out-of-home care.
There is so much evidence showing the benefits of early intervention that the failure to provide it in South Africa today constitutes a crisis with long- term implications. Unless we turn this around and provide access for all children, especially those who need it most, we miss the opportunity to enhance school learning, retention and success.
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In a dark moment I ask, “How can anyone bring a child into this world?” And the answer rings clear, “Because there is no other world, and because the child has no other way into it.” ~Robert Brault
Addressing the gap in ECD provision is urgent: as we have seen, the brain doesn’t develop backwards, and opportunities missed for young children are difficult if not impossible to remedy. Damage done in the early years is very hard to reverse.
ECD services in South Africa are implemented largely by the non-profit sector. The South African Department of Social Development (DSD) and the Department of Basic Education (DBE) provide the main sources of government funding and oversight.
The emphasis on service provision for ECD in South Africa has resulted in numerous policies, priority statements, and programmes located within several government departments. Major responsibility for ECD:
• The Department of Education (birth to nine – curriculum development, early stimulation, teacher training, learning and teaching resources becoming the lead agency for five-year-old children as they enter grade R).
• The Department of Social Development (lead agency for children from birth to five – child grants, registration, financing).
• The Department of Health (prenatal to nine – integrated management of childhood diseases, primary health care, HIV and AIDS interventions.
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