117859 GDE APP 201920 6th proof 26 July

Part A: General Information & Strategic Overview

Education: Priority 2: Education, Skills and Health

Target 1: Migration of ECD responsibilities, expansion of access and improving quality of education by 2024

Outcome: Improved education, training and innovation

Interventions:

• Expand access to quality early learning • Establish monitoring system for the coordination of ECD provision • Mathematics strategy implemented • Teacher knowledge improved through effective teacher development guided by self-diagnosis for knowledge gaps • Quality early learning subsidized by government for approximately 800 000 0-4-year olds • Double the number of learners accessing Grade RR • Different models for delivering ECD developed by 2021 • TIMSS average performance increased to 420 points by 2023 • 90% of learners in Grades 3, 6, 9 scoring above 50% in the national assessments

Indicators:

Target 2: Every 10-year old will be able to read for meaning

Outcome: Improved education, training and innovation

Interventions:

• National Reading Coalition will coordinate the national effort on early grade reading • Train foundation and intermediate phase teachers to teach reading in English and the African languages • Train and deploy a cohort of experienced coached to provide high quality on-site support to teachers • Implement the Early Grade Reading Programme, consisting of an integrated package of lessons plans, additional reading materials and professional support to Foundation Phase teachers • Indicators: • No indicators provided under this MTSF target.

Target 3: South Africans should have access to education and training of the highest quality by 2024, number 1 in Sub Saharan Africa 2024, number 1 on African Continent by 2030

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