Executive Summary Early Childhood Development (ECD) has become a priority sector
within South Africa, particularly in respect to ensuring equity and high quality of care for the …

We report on the first representative sample survey of Early Childhood Care and Education
(ECCE) program quality to be conducted in South Africa (n= 242 ECCE centers). The Early …

Children need to be protected in intergenerational networks, with parents who have positive
mood, resources to feed their children, and skills to promote early childhood development …

Background: This article draws from a research report on the Project for Inclusive Early
Childhood Care and Education (PIECCE), which surveyed attitudes, training strategies …

Background: Preparing children for mainstream school occurs in systems that act as an
overarching context. The perspectives of stakeholders influence how they prepare children …

White Paper 5's aim is to provide South Africa's children with a solid foundation for lifelong
learning and development. Children need to be nurtured and developed holistically for them …

Lizette Berry (Children's Institute), Andrew Dawes (Department of Psychology, University of
Cape Town and Ilifa Labantwana) and Linda Biersteker (Early Learning Resource Unit) …

Maternal and child mortality rates are declining on a global level, although progress remains
insufficient to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 by 2015. Although South …

Policy for young children in South Africa is now receiving high-level government support
through the ANC's renewed commitment to redress poverty and inequity and creating 'a …

This paper describes the expansion since 2001 of a public pre-school programme in South
Africa known as 'Grade R', summarises the findings from an impact evaluation of the …