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Early Childhood Development: Government Resources: Library Guide: ECD Practitioners

A guide for Social Development students.

Policies

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Policy on Minimum Requirements for Programmes Leading to Qualifications in Higher Education for Early Childhood Development Educators. Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training, 2017. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.17.POLI

Strategies

South Africa. Department of Basic Education. Human Resources Development Strategy for Early Childhood Development: based on the National Integrated Early Childhood Development Policy. Pretoria: Department of Basic Education, 2018.

Legislation and regulations

Policy briefs

National Development Agency. ECD practitioner practices: literature review. Parktown, Johannesburg: National Development Agency, September 2016. (Policy brief)

National Development Agency. Management of leadership in ECD. Parktown, Johannesburg: National Development Agency, August 2016. (Policy brief)

Skills

Education, Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority. Early childhood development subsector skills plan, 2020-2021. [Johannesburg: ETDP SETA, 2020.]

Education, Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority. Early childhood development sector skills plan, 2019-2020 update. [Johannesburg: ETDP SETA, 2019.]

Education Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority (2012). Early childhood development sector skills plan, 2013/2014 update

Motala, Shirin (2012). A critical review of research on skills development and labour market demand in the early childhood development sector (0-4 years) Pretoria : Labour Market Intelligence Partnership HSRC, June 2012. (LMIP Working paper 12)

Reports

Education Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority. ECD labour market information & implications for skills planning: ETDP SETA Research Chair in Early Childhood Development. Johannesburg: Education Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority, April 2023.