because this foundational learning is key to a child’s success in later years, the basic education laws amendment bill that is currently before parliament proposes that it be compulsory for all children to receive two years of ecd before they enter grade 1. it is at this stage that children should be taught, learn through play and receive at least one meal a day.

ngenxa yokuba le mfundo ingundoqo kwimpumelelo yomntwana kwiminyaka ezayo, umthetho osayilwayo olungisiweyo wemi thetho yemfundo esisiseko ophambi kwepalamente ngoku uphakamisa ukuba kunyanzeleke ukuba bonke abantwana bafumane iminyaka emibini yeecd phambi kokuba bangene kwibanga loku1.
