44 learners start pre-primary education at new educare facility in Johannesburg
Early childhood development is essential to equipping a child to live a fulfilled life. Many areas in South Africa are under-serviced in this regard. Now, one shopping centre is stepping up to help. The Balfour Mall in Johannesburg has made some of its retail…
Hunger remains a primary social issue in South Africa, with 11% of the population without adequate access to food. For many households, families do not know how and when their next meal will land on the table, and for millions of children, school meals are often the only source of nutrition. Since the start of…
South Africa has the goal of universal access to a full range of early childhood development (ECD) services in ten years’ time. To meet this target, we will need more than 100 000 additional early learning teachers and 40 000 new venues for three- to five -year-olds alone, say education experts.
South African children are surviving rather…