The team at Early Childhood Development Centre, Cape Town
We see remarkable women
We see remarkable women
says Professor Eric Atmore
Stellenbosch University graduate
and he who puts children first
We see remarkable women
every day working with
young children and living
the Mandela legacy
they do it for long hours
with shockingly low pay
they do it for nation building
We see remarkable women
yet they are few and far between
up the poles where politicians are
plying their trade
We see remarkable women
says Professor Eric Atmore
revealing that less than a third
of children under 7 in South Africa
get quality pre-school learning
(only 30% of our 7 million children
under the age of 7 are in
a quality learning programme)
he tells us too that we need
a policy champion (in cabinet)
as the state does not have
the political will capacity
or money to support
its early childhood development programme
We see remarkable women
Now don’t you
We see remarkable women
Now what are you going to do
We see remarkable women
Now what is to be done
“Policies need proper backing, prof says” (Tatler April 11 2019)
(Photo Credit: Southern Suburbs Tatler)
