Over 1,000 reception class teachers needed

FILE PIC PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
FILE PIC PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Government’s Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programme will require over 1,500 pre-primary teachers, an additional 1,200 teacher aides by 2018 when rolled out nationally.

The programme, which started as a pilot project in six schools in the Kgalagadi region, has thus far been rolled out to 382 primary schools, with 535 teachers offering reception classes.

The initiative is implemented under the Education and Training Sector Strategic Plan (ETSSP), under which ECCD is viewed as the flagship for education transformation. This strategy, expected to transform education runs from 2015-2020.

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