Resource Centre

On this page you can find documents that contribute to the legal framework for ECD in South Africa, as well as important policy and research documents.

International agreements

• UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
• General Comment No. 7 (2005): Implementing child rights in early childhood
• African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
• Sustainable Development Goal 4 (education including ECD)

Research and data

• South African ECD Census 2021
• South African Child Gauge (Children’s Institute)
• Children Count: Statistics on Children in South Africa (Children’s Institute)
• Early Learning Outcomes Measure
• South African Early Childhood Review 2017 (Ilifa Labantwana)