While implementing our District Whole Schools Development Programme, one of the lessons learned included the identification of cumulative gaps amongst our learners.
Our interventions need to start at Early Childhood Development (ECD) phase through coordination to ensure that all the learning outcomes, class appropriate competencies and early childhood cognitive development is built early, and by making the investment in ECD, we are more likely to observe long-term economic impact and benefit when learners reach foundation phase in the education pipeline.