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Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)

Chapter 6 : Early Childhood Development

92. Strategy concerning early childhood development

 

(1) The Minister, after consultation with interested persons and the Ministers of Education, Finance, Health, Provincial and Local Government and Transport must include in the departmental strategy a comprehensive national strategy aimed at securing a properly resourced, co-ordinated and managed early childhood development system, giving due consideration as provided in section 11, to children with disabilities or chronic illnesses.

 

(2) The MEC for social development must—
(a) maintain a record of all the early childhood development programmes registered in the province; and
(b) within the national strategy referred to in subsection (1), provide for a provincial strategy aimed at a properly resourced, co-ordinated and managed early childhood development system.

 

(3) The MEC for social development must compile a provincial profile at the prescribed intervals in order to make the necessary information available for the development and review of the strategies referred to in subsections (1) and (2).