{"id":239146,"date":"2022-10-05T13:37:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T11:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/president-to-open-refurbished-ecd-centre-in-e-cape\/"},"modified":"2022-10-05T13:37:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T11:37:59","slug":"president-to-open-refurbished-ecd-centre-in-e-cape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/president-to-open-refurbished-ecd-centre-in-e-cape\/","title":{"rendered":"President to open refurbished ECD centre in E Cape"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202210\/ecd.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa will today officially open the newly constructed Little Flower Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre in Nkantolo in the Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality, Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Presidency, the centre had been operating for several years from an informal structure.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The construction of the centre is part of the Vangasali campaign, which is a partnership between the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Department of Basic Education to enhance ECD service delivery in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Phase 2 of the Vangasali campaign, which is ongoing, is aimed at standardising ECD registration across the country through the introduction of streamlined processes and a pathway to registration.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Phase 3 of the Vangasali campaign is aimed at assisting ECD services which ordinarily will not be able to meet even the basic registration requirements in the absence of intervention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe partnership was born out of the need to focus on ECD in order to overcome the country\u2019s development challenges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was realised that lack of ECD provisioning is a major determinant of intergenerational poverty, and that this issue was cast as a soft issue rather than treated as urgent and fundamental to achieving a just and equitable society,\u201d the Presidency said.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>President Ramaphosa announced in 2018 during his State of the Nation Address that he would contribute half of his presidential salary to the Nelson Mandela Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The Presidency said this money was used for work on ECD, which demonstrates its importance. &#8211; <strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa will today officially open the newly constructed Little Flower Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre in Nkantolo in the Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality, Eastern Cape. 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