ECD ‘comprehensive approach’ to child development - Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa on
Wednesday officially opened doors to the newly constructed Little Flower Early
Childhood Development Centre at Nkantolo in the Eastern Cape.
The centre had been operating from a shack structure for years.
Ramaphosa said early childhood development is a comprehensive approach to the development of a child from birth to seven years of age.
“It aims to protect the rights of children to develop their full cognitive, emotional, social and physical potential.
“In South Africa, there are still many children who are not thriving because they begin life at a disadvantage.
“This the case in many of our villages here in the Eastern Cape, in the Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality and around the country.”
Ramaphosa added that Treasury has allocated R1.4 billion in this financial year to expand ECD services.
“This aims to increase the number of children accessing ECD services by subsidising children from indigent families.
“Through subsidy interventions, we have been able to support nutrition at the centres, provide for workers to be paid and support the acquisition of learning materials.”
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