South Africa - Early Childhood Development Centre Audit 2009-2014

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Reference ID zaf-dsd-ecdca-2009-2014-v1.1
Year 2009 - 2014
Country South Africa
Producer(s) Department of Social Development - Government of South Africa
Sponsor(s) Department of Social Development - DSD - Funder and initiator
Collection(s)
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Oct 13, 2017
Last modified
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Overview
Identification
Country
South Africa
Title
Early Childhood Development Centre Audit 2009-2014

Study Type
Child Assessment Survey
Recommended Citation
Department of Social Development. Early Childhood Development Centre Audit 2009-2014 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Pretoria: DSD [producer], 2014. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/ea1g-n104

ID Number
zaf-dsd-ecdca-2009-2014-v1.1
Version
Version Description
v1.1: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution.

Production Date
2014
Notes
Version 1 data was deposited with DataFirst in 2017.

Version 1.1 data was anonymised by DataFirst.

Overview
Abstract
In 2008, the South African government identified Early Childhood Development as a national priority. The National Department of Social Development (DSD) commissioned a national audit of registered Early Learning Centres. The scope was later extended to include centres with conditional registration, and unregistered centres. The aim of the audit was to obtain data on the nature and extent of ECD provisioning, services, resources and infrastructure in South Africa across registration statuses in order to inform and support ongoing policy and planning initiatives in the ECD sector. The Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) conducted the audit, which covered 19 971 ECD centres across the nine provinces.These comprised 17 846 audited ECD centres and 2 125 ECD centres where the questionnaire could not be administered.

Kind of Data
Administrative records

Units of Analysis
Individuals and institutions

Scope
Notes
Data collected on ECD facilities includes: Registration of the facility, the geographical location of the site, infrastructure (access to roads, electricity, toilets, water), health and safety provision, and special equipment. Other facility level data collected included the financial base of the site, the nature of the site (school-based, home-based or community based), its sustainability (how long it has been operating), its operating hours, and key aspects of the educational activities at the site.

At the educator level, the audit collected data on all educators at the site. Data was also collected on the curriculum and record-keeping at the facility. Learner data collected included the total number of learners, their age, gender, and race. Data was also captured on the number of learners with disabilities and the nature of these disabilities.

Keywords
Early childhood development, Early learning centres
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The survey had national coverage.

Geographic Unit
The lowest level of geographic aggregation of the data is municipality.

Universe
The universe of the study included Early Childhood Development facilities, and educators and learners at these sites.

Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
NameAffiliation
Department of Social Development Government of South Africa
Funding
NameAbbreviationRole
Department of Social Development DSDFunder and initiator
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
DataFirstUniversity of Cape TownMetadata creator
Date of Metadata Production
2020-04-10
DDI Document Version
Version 2


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