Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Department of Basic Education
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Learners made
vulnerable by HIV/
AIDS
White Paper 6 requires
the Ministry of
Education to:
and systems for use
in schools to identify
orphans and other
vulnerable children;
procedures to be
followed by educators
to link identified
vulnerable learners
with the care and
support they need
(s2.2.8.2);
for teachers on how
to support orphans
and other children in
distress (s2.2.8.2).
Children that are
orphaned, victims of
child labour or in childheaded
households
Section 10 of the
Children’s Act requires
teachers (as well as
other officials such as
doctors, etc.) to report
any children that they
suspect are victims of
child labour, orphaned,
or living in a childheaded
household
to a designated child
protection agency, the
provincial DoSD or a
police official.
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