In Richter, L., et al. (2012). Diagnostic review of early childhood development. Pretoria: Department of Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation & Inter-Departmental Steering Committee on Early Childhood Development Grade R
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ECCE, Foundation
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2012
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Early childhood education, Primary education, Foundation phase, Grade R, Policy development, Infrastructure, Human resources, Funding, Curriculum, South Africa
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This review has been organised as follows: A summary of key policy developments regarding Grade R education since publication of the 1995 White Paper on Education and Training, which first mooted ten years of compulsory education; discussion of common conceptualizations of the role of Grade R in education and research on reception year education (often referred to as kindergarten education); the status of Grade R provisioning; key issues faced by Grade R in South Africa in terms of policy, infrastructure, human resources, classroom ratios, curriculum and funding; and finally data gaps.
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