Zulu said the migration of early childhood development centres and their function will ensure equal access to education, employment and other opportunities for women and men across all racial groups.
Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu says part of the legacy of the pre-democracy government was the marginalisation of black children from receiving early childhood development support and education. File photo.Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu welcomed the migration of Early Childhood Centres and their function to the department of basic education, saying it will undo past injustices and play a role in dismantling intergenerational poverty.
Zulu said the migration of ECDs and their function will ensure equal access to education, employment and other opportunities for women and men across all racial groups.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 efforts were under way to equip ECD practitioners with the required skills and qualifications to ensure provision of high-quality teaching and learning at all centres.
The handover of the ECD sector to basic education was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa during his state of the nation address in 2019.
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