Welcome
The ECD Learning Community is owned by 16 Early Childhood Development NGOs in South Africa who, in partnership with the Bernard van Leer Foundation, have established an Early Childhood Development Learning Community. Its purpose is to improve the quality of practice in the field and to seek ways to cooperatively and positively influence policy-making and implementation.
NPC publishes National Development Plan: Vision for 2030The National Planning Commission has published the National Development Plan for South Africa which identifies the main national development objectives for the period 2011 – 2030 and provides a road map of interventions to realise these objectives.The priority development challenges which the plan aims to address are: the low levels of employment; and the poor quality of education for the...
Save the Children Sweden reports on African customary practicesSave the Children Sweden’s regional office in South Africa has published three reports on the interplay between African custom and children’s protection rights in South Africa and Zambia. The studies document and analyse a range of practices in both countries that either promote or inhibit children’s protection rights, such as the rights to parental care, protection from abuse, neglect...
|