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The DBE department deals with public schools, private schools (also referred to by the department as independent schools), early childhood development (ECD) centres, and special needs schools. The public schools and private schools are collectively known as ordinary schools, which are roughly 97% of schools in South Africa.
The 1997 White Paper for Social Welfare noted that post-Apartheid South Africa had inherited social welfare programmes which were “not considered to be critical social investment priorities and were under-resourced”. [2] The Department "endeavours to create a better life for the poor, vulnerable and excluded people in society".
The National Development Plan 2030 is an important policy document of the South African government drafted in August 2012 by the National Planning Commission, a special ministerial body first constituted in 2009 by President Jacob Zuma. The Plan contains a series of proposals to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality by 2030. [1] [2]
The East-Central Africa Division (ECD) of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which oversees the Church's work in portions of Africa, which includes the nations of Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
From the end of the apartheid regime in 1994 until 2002, he co-authored or edited more than a dozen policy papers for the new South African government including the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) and the RDP White Paper. [5]
The pre-apartheid social programmes in South Africa was mainly concerned with white poverty. [4] The earliest social welfare programmes in South Africa was the poor relief distributed by the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in 1657. [4]
In a study conducted by the Mental Health and Poverty research Program, it was found that approximately 16.5% of the adult population in South Africa has mental illness; 1% have a severe life debilitating mental disease. [3] [12] 30% of South Africans are likely to develop a mental illness in their lifetimes, depression being the most common ...
The seven action areas proposed in this white paper are: [40] Prioritize reopening schools, deliver vital services to children, and treat the workforce as frontline workers. Make education inclusive, engaging, and adaptive. Strengthen the education workforce. Focus education technology (EdTech) where it is proven to be effective and most equitable.