Education
(a) Which registered ECDs serve the communities in (i) ward 45 and (ii) ward 68 of the City of Cape Town and (b) what support does her Department provide to these ECDs?
My department has informed me of the following:
[a] Ward 45
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Name of Organization |
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Little Jewels Educare, Manenberg |
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Strawberry Play Centre, Manenberg |
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The Salvation Army Goodwill Centre, Manenberg |
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Little Jewels Educare, Manenberg |
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Strawberry Play Centre |
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The Salvation Army Goodwill Centre, Manenberg |
Ward 68
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Name of organization |
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Tehilah Educare, Seewinds |
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The Jo Warrington Foundation, Muizenberg |
[b] The following services are rendered to ECD sites previously in the Department of Social Development (DSD), now residing in the Western Cape Education Department (WCED):
1. We assist with the registration and re-registration process to ensure compliance with the norms and standards of the Children’s Act 2005.
2. We are implementing the roll out of the Vangasali campaign through the implementation of the ECD Registration framework, which is a developmental pathway for registration;
3. We support non-centre-based programmes and quality programme development within facilities.
5. During the hard lockdown period, the DSD continued to pay 100% subsidy to currently funded ECD services and encouraged food to be activated at these services. DSD also ensured the provision of PPE.
6. The DSD also facilitated the payments of the ECD Employment Stimulus Relief Grant.
7. We provide funding for the Social Service Organisations (SSO), namely Inclusive Education South Africa and Persona Doll Training.
8. The WCED will continue with the specialised learner support programme which makes provision for occupational therapy, speech therapy and related specialized support in the ECD environment to ensure school readiness, which has been rolled out to 85 sites.
