The CECDN provided an update to the ECD CoP on the final report and the next steps after the dialogues on the Function Shift were completed. Read more

The Department of Labour addressed ECD CoP in October 2020 and the CoP had requested further investigations by the reference group specifically on the matter of the National Minimum Wage Act and the adverse effects it ha Read more

This presentation outlines the mentoring and coaching model that is used by the North West University Gr R Diploma for their students. Read more

From the Function Shift dialogues, recommendations were made by ECD Civil Society and the CECDN team to potentially guide and influence the transition and all the changes that would need to take place as a result. This p Read more

The ECD civil society undertook dialogues in all nine provinces and these dialogues were facilitated by the Collaboration of ECD Networks (CECDN). The CECDN is a collaboration between BRIDGE Innovation in Learning, Natio Read more

Charmaine Botha from EduExpert, which is a training and support organisation for ECD practitioners gave us an inspiring presentation on how to support practitioners for success. Her presentation was centered around the c Read more

The Collaboration of ECD Networks (CECDN) – a partnership which comprises BRIDGE, NECDA and SA Congress for ECD – are initiating a formal consultation process with civil society around the ECD Function Shift. These d Read more

The Movement Guidelines that were presented by Dr Catherine Draper reminded us that children need healthy movement behaviours for their overall development. There is an unhealthy reliance on screen time which has adverse Read more

Linda Biesteker gave the National ECD CoP a thought-provoking presentation about the state of Human Resources in ECD. Her focus was on the ECD practitioner in the context of access to ECD services vs the quality of ECD s Read more

The CECDN National Dialogue was the initial phase of the ECD Civil Society consultations on the Function Shift. This was a meeting that saw about 30 ECD community members assist the CECDN team to define and construct a p Read more

Mr Duncan Hindle, from the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT), gave the CECDN National Dialogue participants a presentation on the role the NECT would play in terms of the Government Consultations and communic Read more

This presentation aimed to give participants of the CECDN National Dialogue an idea of what the process of the provincial consultations would be so that they could give CECDN input into the process. Read more