Child Day care - Qp2

The purpose of minimum standards is to establish a set of top line standards for ECD services that will provide the guidelines, minimum requirements and quality assurance for service providers.

The minimum standards will enable service providers to recognise developmental tasks in service delivery.

Young children receive ECD services in a safe physical environment maintained in accordance with health regulations in which they are protected from physical, social and emotional harm or threat of harm from self or others.

ECD services provide for healthy engagement with -  (Select three)

In disadvantaged communities nutrition programmes are attached to the place of care and all the meals are provided.

Young children have received a foundation for lifelong learning.

Teachers have been linked with resources that strengthen and support the family and enable parents to fulfil their responsibility towards their children.

ECD services provide a ______ that is age appropriate and addresses the child’s developmental needs in a conducive and appropriate manner.

Training of practitioners is not a prerequisite for running ECD programmes/services.