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in transforming society, bringing about social equity,and contributing to the country’s growth and development.Early Childhood DevelopmentEarly Childhood Development (ECD) is essential inlaying firm foundations for schooling. The focus hasbeen on the elimination of inequality, the promotionof increased access, the provision of quality servicesand the development of enabling legislative andpolicy frameworks.Important progress has been made in phasing inGrade R to bring all Grade R learners into the compulsoryeducation system (Grade R to Grade 9) by2010.The period April 2004 to April 2006 saw a significantexpansion in the number of ECD sites andthe number of learners in Grade R in Gauteng, asfollows:• The number of learners in Grade R increasedfrom 34 690 to 47 314• The number of registered ECD sites increasedfrom 569 to 960• The number of ECD sites at public schools increasedfrom 465 to 800• The number of community based ECD sitesincreased from 95 to 160 in the same period.All practitioners received a monthly salary subsidyfrom the provincial government.Pre-Grade RIn fulfilling its commitment to improve the qualityof care our children receive in the early years, theprovincial government developed an ECD strategyand established an ECD Institute (ECDI). This hasfocused on setting up systems to improve integrationand coordination of ECD programmes and projects,so as to avoid any duplication and fragmentation ofservices provided to children.The ECD Institute is playing a vital role inimplementing the integrated Expanded PublicWorks Programme (EPWP) plan for early childhooddevelopment in Gauteng. This targets especiallyunemployed and/or underemployed caregivers inall ECD programmes. The programme facilitatesthe attainment of professional qualifications forpractitioners specialising in the birth-4 and 4-6 yearage cohort through learnerships and also providesskills development for support staff such as cooks,cleaners, gardeners, administrators, parents andGoverning Bodies in ECD centres.Improving public schoolingthrough pro-poor targetingEducation is crucial in escaping the poverty trap.As part of the provincial government’s Bana Peleprogramme targeted at the poorest and mostvulnerable children, various mechanisms have beenimplemented to ensure that children from Gauteng’spoorest households are able to access decenteducation.School nutrition: To fulfil children’s constitutionalright to basic nutrition and help ensure that childrendo not go hungry, the provincial government hasimplemented a school nutrition programme. A total of359 613 learners at 1 107 schools benefited fromthe programme in 2004/05, increasing to 378903 learners during the 2005/06 financial year.Scholar transport: The provision of free scholartransport is aimed at ensuring that every child ofschool-going age within the province has access toeducation. During 2004/05 scholar transport wasprovided to 66 318 primary and secondary schoollearners and to 47 000 learners in 2005/6.36 • Midterm Report - 2004/06
The provision of scholar transport has ensured accessto education for learners who reside in farm,rural or informal settlements where the nearest publicordinary school is more than 5 kilometres from theirplace of residence. Scholar transport has also beenextended to those historically disadvantaged learnerswho reside in areas where schools cannot accommodatethe intake of learners within the demarcatedfeeder zone and to settlements where schools havenot yet been built. The scholar transport service hasensured that learner attendance at schools servicingfarm, rural and informal communities has increasedsignificantly, and failure and drop-out rates have alsobeen reduced.Free schooling: As part of the strategy to alleviatethe effects of poverty, redress imbalances of the pastand ensure all children exercise their right to basiceducation, school fees were eliminated at Gauteng’spoorest schools from January 2006. This was inline with the revised norms and standards on schoolfunding and the introduction of no fee schools. Thisfollowed the exemption from school fees for the province’spoorest children in 2005 as part of the BanaPele programme.Facilities: The provincial government has prioritisedthe upgrading of schools, educational facilities andthe provision of learning materials in the poorestcommunities. By 2006, close to one million learnersand 22 000 educators, many from the poorest communities,had access to the most up to date computerswith internet access and email.Public schoolingNational Curriculum StatementThe National Curriculum Statements (NCS) havebeen successfully implemented in Grades 7 and10 and preparations are underway for theirimplementation in Grades 8, 9 and 11 in 2007.Teachers in these grades have already undergonetraining in this regard.In creating a seamless outcomes based educationsystem, curriculum redress plans have beenformulated to enhance and increase access to thecurriculum, and teacher development programmeshave been aligned to district improvement plans.Schools have received comprehensive support,including intensive curriculum support and monitoringand evaluation of the implementation of the NCS.Matric results• The performance of the province’s matricshas been encouraging, with the pass rateincreasing significantly from 74.9% in 2005 to78.35% in 2006. A total of 10 857 learnersin the province produced 21 607 distinctions,representing 14.85% of the total learners whowrote the examinations.• The number of learners that passed withendorsement (university entrance) increased from21.10% to 23.20%, reflecting a qualitativeimprovement in the pass rates.• Girls continued to shine and the proportionMidterm Report - 2004/06 • 37
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