Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA
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adapted to be accessible
to all children.
This requires that
infrastructure like toilet
facilities, wheelchair
ramps and furniture
must be able to
accommodate children
with limited mobility
and other disabilities
(s2.10).
Access to learning is
inhibited not only by
inaccessible spaces,
but also by a lack
of assistive devices
necessary for mobility
and participation in
lessons. This includes
devices such as
wheelchairs and hearing
aids, which must be
made progressively
available to learners
who are denied access
because of lack of
appropriate resources.
These services must be
prioritised in full-service
schools (DoE 2001).
Admission,
accommodation
and retention
of learners
affected by
HIV/AIDS and
poverty
Revised National Action
Plan for Orphans and
Other Children Made
Vulnerable by HIV and
AIDS South Africa,
2009–2012
This Plan obliges the
education system (as
part of strategy 4) to
increase the level of
support it provides to
children infected with
and affected by HIV/
AIDS.
Targeted beneficiaries
Children infected with
HIV
Children affected by
HIV/AIDs in one of the
following ways:
associated with the
illness or death of
family/household
members
responsibility
stigma and
discrimination
Provincial DoEs and
local schools
The Policy on
Learner Attendance
recognises that
various stakeholders,
including learners,
school governing
bodies, school
management teams,
provincial education
departments,
educators and
principals all have
a role to play in
monitoring attendance
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