Ilifa Insights Social franchising and the power of the community work programme applied to early learning playgroups in North West Province
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E-Journal
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ECCE, Preschool
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Publication Year
2015
Publisher
Ilifa Labantwana, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa
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[ private ]
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7 p.
Subject
Early childhood development (ECD), ECD services, Young children, Vulnerable children, Poverty, Playgroups, Funding, Government role, Quality standards, South Africa
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‘A key challenge in South Africa and globally is how to scale ECD services to reach marginalised children, while at the same time maintaining quality standards. This challenge calls for solutions to multiple systemic issues, such as human resourcing, financing and quality assurance. Ilifa is working in partnership with government and Non-Governmental Organisations to explore the delivery of early learning playgroups through a social franchising model that draws on the human resource pool created through the government’s Community Work Programme (CWP). The CWP component contributes the finances to cover stipends for playgroup facilitators. The social franchising component provides the mechanisms for standardising inputs and quality across multiple sites. In partnership with government, Cotlands, the Social Franchising for ECD project (SFECD) and the Rural Development Foundation (Lima) – which brings extensive expertise of working with the CWP programme; Ilifa is rolling out playgroups in four districts in North West. The reflections … provide insights into the process as it is unfolding.’ [p. 5]
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