Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)RegulationsGeneral Regulations Regarding Children, 2010Chapter 5 : Early Childhood Development (Sections 91-103 of the Act)28. Assessment and compulsory monitoring of early childhood development programmes |
| (1) | All early childhood development programmes must be subjected to assessment and monitoring to determine compliance with the national norms and standards for early childhood development contained in Part II of Annexure B and the assessment must be in a form identical to Form 21. |
| (2) | The assessment and monitoring contemplated in sub-regulation (1) must, subject to sub-regulation (3), be executed by a person designated by the provincial head of social development. |
| (3) | The assessment and monitoring contemplated in sub-regulation (1) must, where the power or function has been delegated to the municipal manager, be executed by such municipal manager or by a social service professional where the municipal manager has delegated his or her power or function to such social service professional. |
| (4) | All assessment and monitoring visits must be followed by a full report and development plan that must be submitted to the provincial head of social development and the management of the early childhood development programme. |
| (5) | Assessment and monitoring of early childhood development programmes must take place every two years. |