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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has announced that R10 billion in funding has been set aside to support early childhood development (ECD) programmes nationwide.<\/p>\n

She was speaking at the release of the latest Thrive by Five Index findings, which provide a snapshot of how four-year-olds across the country are developing.<\/p>\n

The index highlighted the significant number of children in rural and under-resourced communities who are not receiving the appropriate building blocks and are being left behind in their development.<\/p>\n

Gwarube emphasised that building a stronger, more stable education system starts with the foundations laid in early childhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also affirming the fact that we can fiddle all we want with remedial actions later on in a child\u2019s life, but if we neglect the foundations, those remedial actions will either be too costly or simply ineffective.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that the index has given the department the tools to make data-driven decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe financial injection therefore puts us in a better place to bring those not enrolled children into the access net. Because of this data, we also have a clear sense of the context, the very real challenges impacting children and practitioners, and we can now really respond decisively.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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