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If the National Planning Commission has its way, South Africans will spend an extra two years in school before matriculating.
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The National Development Plan (NDP), the final version which was handed to the president on Wednesday, calls for significant changes to the basic education system – on top of similar changes in policing, the civil service, and economic adjustments. But perhaps none of the other recommendations would be as far-reaching as a seemingly innocuous proposal on pre-schools.
"Make two years of quality preschool enrolment for all five-year-olds compulsory before Grade One," the NDP recommendation reads.
Although a previous draft of the plan had suggested that two extra years of school would be beneficial, making pre-school compulsory, and a linked recommendation that the state funds pre-schools to provide universal access, were not included.
Such compulsory pre-schools would have to house around two million children, with an implied need of around 100 000 pre-school teachers.
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The National Development Plan (NDP), the final version which was handed to the president on Wednesday, calls for significant changes to the basic education system – on top of similar changes in policing, the civil service, and economic adjustments. But perhaps none of the other recommendations would be as far-reaching as a seemingly innocuous proposal on pre-schools.
"Make two years of quality preschool enrolment for all five-year-olds compulsory before Grade One," the NDP recommendation reads.
Although a previous draft of the plan had suggested that two extra years of school would be beneficial, making pre-school compulsory, and a linked recommendation that the state funds pre-schools to provide universal access, were not included.
Such compulsory pre-schools would have to house around two million children, with an implied need of around 100 000 pre-school teachers.
Read More Here
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