Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)Chapter 6 : Early Childhood Development92. Strategy concerning early childhood development |
| (1) | The Minister, after consultation with interested persons and the Ministers of Education, Finance, Health, Provincial and Local Government and Transport must include in the departmental strategy a comprehensive national strategy aimed at securing a properly resourced, co-ordinated and managed early childhood development system, giving due consideration as provided in section 11, to children with disabilities or chronic illnesses. |
| (2) | The MEC for social development must— |
| (a) | maintain a record of all the early childhood development programmes registered in the province; and |
| (b) | within the national strategy referred to in subsection (1), provide for a provincial strategy aimed at a properly resourced, co-ordinated and managed early childhood development system. |
| (3) | The MEC for social development must compile a provincial profile at the prescribed intervals in order to make the necessary information available for the development and review of the strategies referred to in subsections (1) and (2). |