Q1 Rank the following ECD core principles from the most important to the least important.

Play is an important way in which children learn.

Activities need to be age appropriate.

Schools should be safe learning spaces.

The child must be central to learning.

Q2 In view of the core principle you ranked as the most important in the above question, Justify (2x2) why you considered this core principle the most important.

Read the statement.

The core principles informing ECD in South Africa are about recognising the need to change how children are perceived as having no rights or agency, to a view that places them at the centre of all ECD programmes and policies.

Q3 In view of the statement, determine three important changes (3x2) made in South Africa after 1994 which demonstrate that children have been placed at the centre of ECD programmes or policies.

Q4 There are a number of features that are globally accepted as representative of quality ECE, among them is teacher qualifications. Argue why teacher qualifications is considered an important feature of quality for ECD (3x2).

Q5 Apart from teacher qualifications, state another feature that represents quality ECE.