Play-based learning is essentially learning through play, which is crucial in early childhood development, especially for Grade R learners. According to US-Based research, The Serious Need for Play, ...

Grade R learning or schooling for children under the age of 7 has always been optional in South Africa. But under a new Basic Education Law Amendment Bill, which will be published by the Department of ...

South Africa’s Department of Basic Education (DBE) will introduce coding and robotics into the school curriculum for Grades R to 3 and Grade 7 in 2023, following a pilot project that began in the ...

BASIC Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube said Grade R practitioners will be formally integrated into the basic education system as educators once the provisions of Grade R in the Basic Education Laws ...

According to the department, this forms part of the provincial department’s commitment to expanding access to Grade R and boosting early learning in the Western Cape. “This is a major step forward and ...