Child Centre Not Well Attended – SAIRR

Some 68 percent of children aged four and below do not go to early childhood development (ECD) centres, according to the South African Institute for Race Relations (SAIRR).

The study found that Gauteng was the province with the highest number of children (43 percent) attending such centres in 2010, followed by the Western Cape (39 percent).

In a press statement, SAIRR researcher, researcher Jonathan Snyman, states that, “Access to ECD centres is critically important to aiding a child's social and mental development and also helps them to prepare for foundation phase education."

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