Early Childhood Development Delivery

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Early Childhood Development Delivery one year
later

• Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on
  Education
• 13 May 2003
• Marie-Louise Samuels
• Director Early Childhood Development

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Overview of Presentation

• INTRODUCTION
• KEY ELEMENTS OF WHITE PAPER 5
• FIRST PHASE IN IMPLEMENTING WP5
• Conditional Grant progress
• Policy, Curriculum, Systems and Coordination of
  the sector
• TARGETS SET FOR NEXT PHASE
• Expansion of Grade R in schools
• Integrated service delivery for pre Grade R
• AREAS THAT NEED ATTENTION
• Collaboration
• Capacity to deliver
• SUMMARY

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Introduction

• Project summary
• 100 of funds transferred to provinces
• 90 of target reached for payment of subsidies
• 84 of tenders have been awarded
• 50 of equipment delivered to three provinces
• Monitoring and Support system developed and
  tested
• Advocacy and Information Plan developed
• Rigorous management of the process at national
  and provincial level

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Key elements of White Paper 5

• Grade R phased in until 2010
• Poverty targeted
• Provision for birth-4 year olds
• Curriculum for children
• Practitioner development and career pathing
• Norms and standards for all providers
• Special programmes for young learners
• HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases
• Poor
• Rural
• Special educational needs

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First Phase in implementation

• Conditional Grant
• National programme
• R195 million over 3 years
• 2003/2004 final year
• Target 4,500 sites with 135, 000 learners
• Components of the grant
• Funding to sites
• Training of practitioners
• Supply of basic equipment
• Monitoring and support system
• Advocacy and information

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Funding to Sites

• Compliance with DoRA
• Framework document conditions
• Approval of business plan
• Transfer payment to provinces
• Reporting monthly, quarterly, annually
• Spending trends for last two years
• Challenges
• Management systems at provincial and site level
  to account for funding

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Training

• Outline of the tender
• Progress to date
• Registered level 4 qualification
• Accreditation of training institutions
• Scale of the training
• Way forward

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Basic Kits of Educational Equipment

• 3 tenders awarded
• List of equipment provided
• Delivery of equipment to sites
• Challenges

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Monitoring and Support System

• Tender awarded - Khulisa Management Services
• Purpose of the tender
• Outline of the plan
• Progress
• Challenges

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Advocacy and Information Campaign

• Tender awarded Vuleka productions
• Purpose of the tender
• Outline of the plan
• Progress to date
• Challenges

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Policy, Curriculum, Systems, Coordination

• Policy
• Norms and Standards for funding Grade R
• Curriculum
• Rollout of the Revised National Curriculum
  Statement (Grade R as part of Foundation Phase)
• Takalani Sesame

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Policy, Curriculum, Systems, Coordination

• Systems
• Audit of all Grade R classes
• Inclusion in EMIS collection of statistics on
  10th day
• Coordination
• Coordinating Committee for ECD

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Targets set for next phase

• Implementation plans for expansion of Grade R
• Strategic plans for next 3 years reflecting
  expansion of Grade R at schools
• Maintenance of delivery to Grade R classes at
  community based sites
• Ensuring funding is secured in provinces for
  expansion
• Secure funds for expansion plans
• Integrated service delivery plan for children
  birth to 4 years
• Collaborative strategy developed to ensure
  integrated service delivery for children birth to
  4 years.

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Areas that need attention

• Additional year to consolidate gains made
• Capacity at National,Provincial and District
  levels
• Compliance of DoRA
• Secure funding for the expansion of the programme
• On-going collaboration with state departments
• Collaboration with Non-Governmental organisations

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Summary

• On-track in relation to targets set for Grade R
  in community based sites
• On-track in relation to targets set for Grade R
  in schools
• Dedication and Commitment of personnel at all
  levels