{"id":199751,"date":"2021-08-26T11:43:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T09:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/ecd-centres-encouraged-to-participate-in-ecd-census-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-08-26T11:43:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T09:43:10","slug":"ecd-centres-encouraged-to-participate-in-ecd-census-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/ecd-centres-encouraged-to-participate-in-ecd-census-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"ECD centres encouraged to participate in ECD census 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has encouraged all cr\u00e8ches and play groups to participate in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Census 2021.<\/p>\n

She was speaking via a video recorded message during the launch of the census today.<\/p>\n

The census is aimed at collecting data on all ECD programmes which will allow the department to have a better understanding of the sector\u2019s landscape.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to be counting all the cr\u00e8ches and play groups and all the places where our most important citizens under the age of six stay during the day. We do need help because the more cr\u00e8ches that we count, the more we can plan and make sure that [children] continue learning through play,\u201d Motshekga said.<\/p>\n

The department\u2019s Director for Learning and Teaching Support Material (LTSM): Policy, Development and Innovation, Kulula Manona, assured unregistered ECD centres that the census is not aimed at punishing them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not intended to be a punitive process. This process will actually benefit [the centres], particularly those that are not yet registered because they will get to be known, the challenges and gaps that they have which mitigate against them being registered. These will come to the fore and together we will plan and resolve how to support them. There is no intention for us to punish anybody,\u201d Manona said.<\/p>\n

Deputy Director of Research Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation at the department, Dr Janeli Kotz\u00e9, said the intention was to build a data management information system for the sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce we\u2019ve got this information…[t]hen we can do adequate human resource planning, we can see how we make sure that we provide support to these programmes. We can do better infrastructure planning by understanding what are the needs of the sector and how do we plan over the next five to 10 years for supporting them better.<\/p>\n

“We can plan for the expansion of education to all programmes especially in those areas that are underserved, we can think through new [and] better ways to include children with disabilities and we can also help with support of implementing our national curriculum framework so that we can have integrated services and so that we can have quality education for all children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Dr Kotz\u00e9 added that the department is planning on visiting \u201can estimated 48 000\u201d centres over the next 12 weeks but this will depend on how many of these centres exist.<\/p>\n

Data collection has already begun and the census is expected to conclude in December this year. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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