South Africa is making a major compulsory school change.
The Department of Social Development has handed over the responsibility of early childhood development to the Department of Basic Education, paving the way for earlier schooling in South Africa.become compulsory for all children before they enter the formal school system in grade one,Zulu said the move is expected to improve education and jobs outcomes in the country as students spend longer in school and have more exposure to basic skills such as reading and arithmetic.
“The latest employment data is painting a picture that says unemployment has climbed to 35.3% in the fourth quarter of 2021. The migration of the ECD function from Social Development to Basic Education should serve as a means by which we definitively challenge this jobs’ market narrative,” she said. “Resulting from this handover should be an increase of our collective investments in the foundation of the prospects of South Africa’s children. This is the opportunity to start dismantling inter-generational poverty among all our people.”
The compulsory schooling change is included in the draft Basic Education Laws Amendment bill alongside a raft of other changes. The draft bill states that school attendance in South Africa will be compulsory from grade R and no longer only from grade 1. Despite the age at which school attendance is compulsory, a parent may, if they so wish and subject to a few conditions, enrol a child at a school to start attending grade R at a younger age.: Stricter punishments will be introduced for parents who fail to ensure their children attend school, including jail time and/or a fine of up to 12 months.
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