Scaling Up Early Childhood Development (ECD) (0-4 years) in South Africa: Support Structures
by LOMOFSKY, D, FLANAGAN, V & COETZEE, L, 2008Research Report. Human Sciences Research Council
This paper is one of a series developed to inform the Scaling Up ECD Services (0–4 years) Research Project with the aim of improving child development and significant job creation. Lomofsky et al consider various options for support structures and mechanisms that could facilitate the implementation of the National Integrated Plan (NIP) for ECD, and…
read more >>Scaling Up Early Childhood Development (ECD) (0-4 years) in South Africa: International Case Studies: ECD Services in Brazil and the Phillipines
by L. BIERSTEKER, A. DAWES, S.KOLLER & F. BAUTISTA, 2008Research Report. Human Sciences Research Council
This paper is one of a series developed to inform the Scaling Up ECD Services (0–4 years) Research Project with the aim of improving child development and significant job creation. Biersteker provides international case studies of Brazil and the Philippines that will contribute to thinking about possible innovations for the scaling up of ECD in…
read more >>Scaling Up Early Childhood Development (ECD) (0-4 years) in South Africa: Governance and Budgeting for Implementation with the Spotlight on the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) ECD Initiative
by STREAK, J & NORUSHE, T, 2008Research Report. Human Sciences Research Council
This paper is one of a series developed to inform the Scaling Up ECD Services (0–4 years) Research Project with the aim of improving child development and significant job creation. The spotlight in the study was on the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) part of government’s broader strategy for scaling up ECD. Informed by the…
read more >>Scaling Up Early Childhood Development (ECD) (0-4 years) in South Africa: A Review of Training Qualifications, Training Provision, and Training Delivery in Relation to the Needs of the National Integrated Plan for ECD and the ECD Component of the Expanded Public Works Programme
by BIERSTEKER, L., 2008Research Report. Human Sciences Research Council
This paper is one of a series developed to inform the Scaling Up ECD Services (0–4 years) Research Project with the aim of improving child development and significant job creation. The qualifications of teachers and practitioners have been found to be associated with improved child outcomes in a range of countries and contexts, and are…
read more >>Scaling Up Early Childhood Development (ECD) (0-4 years) in South Africa: The Availability of Government Indicator Systems for Monitoring the National Integrated Plan for ECD
by DAWES A , 2008Research Report. Human Sciences Research Council
This paper is one of a series developed to inform the Scaling Up ECD Services (0–4 years) Research Project with the aim of improving child development and significant job creation. This paper reviews the extent to which input and outcome indicators are currently available in the government’s administrative data system, which can be utilised for…
read more >>Scaling Up Early Childhood Development (ECD) (0-4 years) in South Africa: Child and Caregiver Outcome Indicators for ECD Programme Monitoring
by DAWES A , 2008Research Report. Human Sciences Research Council
This paper is one of a series developed to inform the Scaling Up ECD Services (0–4 years) Research Project with the aim of improving child development and significant job creation. The primary purpose of this paper is to provide a minimum set of health and psychosocial outcome indicators and measures for children and caregivers that…
read more >>Scaling Up Early Childhood Development (ECD) (0-4 years) in South Africa: Policy, Demographics, Child Outcomes, Service Provision and Targeting
by BIERSTEKER, L & STREAK, J, 2008Research Report. Human Sciences Research Council
This paper is one of a series developed to inform the Scaling Up ECD Services (0–4 years) Research Project with the aim of improving child development and significant job creation. Biersteker and Streak describe the principal government commitments to children under five, including priority targets set out in the leading policy statements and legislation. They…
read more >>Scaling Up Early Childhood Development (ECD) (0-4 years) in South Africa: Overview of Findings
by BIERSTEKER, L, DAWES, A & ALTMAN, M, 2008Research Report. Human Sciences Research Council
Biersteker, Dawes and Altman offer an overview of findings from an ambitious research project to support the Scaling Up of ECD Services (0–4 years), with the aim of improving child development and significant job creation.
read more >>The state of youth: Trends in education attainment
by SHEPPARD, C, 2009Research Report. Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth, Human Sciences Research Council
Sheppard provides an overview of the education attainment of the youth in South Africa. He focuses on the 18–24 and 25–35 age cohorts, but also briefly reviews trends in the participation of younger age groups in primary and secondary education, given the impact of their participation rate and education attainment on the youth. The paper…
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