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FIRST QUARTER PERFORMANCE FIRST QUARTER PERFORMANCE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD ON EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD)DEVELOPMENT (ECD)

WESTERN CAPEWESTERN CAPE

29 AUGUST 200829 AUGUST 2008

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REGISTERED ECD FACILITIES

909 ECD facilities registered and funded by

Department.

Provincial audit on all ECD’s.

More than 3000 ECD facilities captured.

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ACCREDITED ECD’s

No accreditation of facilities

Registration in terms of Children’s Act.

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FUNDING (1)Budget allocation 2008/09-R147,597m

First quarter expenditure-R25,434m

% Spent-17,23%

Current levels of funding-R7,50 per child per day-220 days per annum

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FUNDING (2)Amendment to funding levels

-From R7-50 to R9 p/child p/day from 1 July 2008.

-Increase the number of funding days from 220 to 264 p.a from 1 April 2008.

-Qualifying income level increased to R3000 w.e.f 1 April 2008.

ECD assistants

-200 employed

Number of new facilities registered and funded in first quarter

-36 centres

-1,638 children

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Measures to ensure funding reaches intended beneficiaries

Monitoring and Evaluation

- Appointment of M & E officers.

- Decentralization of functions to District Offices.

- Visits to facilities by Welfare Planners.

- Developing a tracking of public spending system via the Public Expenditure

Tracking Study (PETS) in consultation with UNICEF.

- Appointment of a service provider to capture detail of every child in an ECD

facility.

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Performance of funding

Funding insufficient to cover nutritious meals, skilled and

qualified staff, quality development programmes and

maintenance.

Phase 2 of ECD audit will provide data on levels of

qualifications / skills of practitioners.

Phase 3 will assess the quality of services rendered.

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NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIESThe total number of beneficiaries in registered and funded ECD facilities =

61,941.

Number of beneficiaries funded at these ECD facilities = 47,528.

With the increase of income levels and children entering the system the

number of beneficiaries will increase to = 52,793.

The target of qualifying children is estimated at 81,315.

The following is a breakdown of ECD facilities and children per District Office.

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DISTRICT OFFICE NO. OF ECD's NO. OF CHIDREN

Vredenburg 29 1,909

Vredendal 35 2,314

Beaufort West 18 1,769

Oudtshoorn 61 4,639

George 77 4,132

Caledon 42 2,751

Paarl 60 4,190

Worcester 88 6,395

Wynberg 32 2,558

Bellville 45 3,522

Eerste River 47 2,483

Athlone 47 4,431

Cape Town 29 2,089

Gugulethu 113 7,433

Khayelitsha 142 8,333

Mitchells Plain 44 2,993

TOTAL 909 61,941

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CHALLENGES / RESOLUTIONS (1)Insufficient Human Resources.

Current Organisational development process.

Insufficient funding.

Implement the progressive increase over the MTEF period.

Level of qualification and skills of practitioners,

Provide accredited training via Dept. of Education.

Rezoning of land and health clearance certificates.

Established a Provincial ECD management team that include the Local

Authorities.

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CHALLENGES / RESOLUTIONS (2) The availability of land. Currently assessing alternative accommodation (eg. schools, Multi-Purpose

centres) Reliable and up to date data. Currently in the process of developing a system and conducting an ECD

audit. High costs of living (food, infrastructure, salaries etc.) Implement the progressive increase over the MTEF period. Non compliance by ECD facilities Provide capacity building on financial management and governance

matters.

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THANK YOU

DANKIE

ENKOSI