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 yokuthi le mfu ndo eyisisekelo ingukhiye wempumelelo yomntwa na eminyakeni ezayo, umthethosivivinywa wokuchibiyela imithetho yemfundo eyisisekelo okuyimanje usezithebeni zephalamende uhlongoza ukuthi kube yimpoqo ukuthi bonke abantwana bathole iminyaka emibili yeecd ngaphambi kokuthi bayongena kwibanga loku1.
