OPINION | Born Unequal: How South Africa’s ECD system reinforces class divides
As South Africa prepares for a new academic year in its basic education system, familiar debates once again take centre stage, ranging from access to education, school readiness, and persistent infrastructure backlogs. This year, however, society’s attention must turn more deliberately to early childhood development (ECD) as a core basic education competence, and to recognising that it is not merely a care sector but an economy. It is an essential […]
