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A Numbers Story
Another chapter in a much bigger story. Across the country, there are thousands of early child development centers and communities ready for transformation.
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A Numbers Story: Early Child Development
In 2020, According to the ECD census; 1,660,317 children aged 0 to 5 years were recorded attending Early Learning Programmes (ELPs) across 42,420 centers in South Africa. One of the most striking insights from the data is not just who is in the system - but who isn't. 41% of the centers in the country weren't registered with the department of social development.
A System with PotentialâBut Gaps to Close
South Africaâs ECD landscape shows both scale and fragmentation: