Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Department of Basic Education
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EPWP ECD
initiative to
scale up ECD
for 0–4s xxii
Secondary
Human resource
development
(parents, caregivers
and community
development workers)
The EPWP ECD Targeted beneficiaries
programme aims to Children aged 0–4
expand access to ECD
ECD practitioners
services, improve the
quality of ECD services
and, at the same time,
develop skills, create
jobs and create incomeearning
opportunities.
The DoE is responsible
for achieving these
objectives by:
practitioners;
trainees;
disseminating
learning materials for
ECD trainees and for
use in ECD centre
learning programmes.
The DoE has identified
a key intervention
towards realising its
commitment as the
production of materials
to guide teachers
and parents in early
intellectual stimulation.
It aims to reach 10% of
children per year aged
0–4 from 2009–13. xxiii
National DoE is
responsible for policy
and monitoring.
Provincial departments
are responsible
for funding and
implementation. xxiv
Privately run ECD
centres employ the
learners trained
through the EPWP
ECD initiative and
use the developed
materials.
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