Education
With regard to the ECD migration from the Department of Social Development:
(1) Whether all (a) vacancies and (b) critical posts in the ECD programme have been filled; (c) if not, (i) why not, (ii) what are the details of the unfilled posts, (iii) what are the reasons thereof and (iv) what impact will these vacancies have on the functioning of the programme; (d) if so, (i) what are the relevant details and (ii) when were they filled;
(2) whether there have been any delays in the registration of ECDs in the province; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) what is the number of ECDs affected by these delays;
(3) what is the number of registered ECDs in the province?
My department has informed me of the following:
[1] [a] – [c] Yes, all vacancies and critical posts are filled.
[d] [i] 1 Director post and 2 Deputy Director posts
[ii] 1 May 2022
[2] Early Childhood Development [ECD] centre registration has continued as the status of the responsible sub-directorate has been maintained. The staff transferred to the Western Cape Department of Education [WCED] has continued with registration of centres. The Social Sector Organisations contract has been extended to help with the registration for the next two years.
[3] There are currently 1 613 ECD centres with a valid registration certificate.
