Early child Development centres to expand in the North West Province
Imogen Vollenhoven
25February 2013
The North
West province will expand the access to early
child Development Centres to children in rural communities.
The announcement for the
programme was made during the opening of the provincial legislature on Friday.
25February 2013
The programme targets to reach
over 20,6% of children between zero and 4 years old.
Premier Spokesperson Lesiba
Moses Kgwele adds that the premier reported that 26.4% of children who are supposed
to be at ECD centres have access to the programme.
Kgwele said that to address the
challenge, the province has encourage a partnership with the department of
social development and Ilifa labantwana national early child hood development programme
to expand access to rural communities.
Kgwele furthmore said that nutritional
programmes are also used as value based measure for growth awareness of
children.
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