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PERFORMANCE BY PROGRAMME PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Programme 4: Welfare Services Policy Development and Implementation Support

Early Childhood Development, Children’s Legislation and Families
Outcome Empowered, resilient individuals, families, and sustainable communities
Outputs Output indicator Actual Achievement Actual Achievement Annual target 2021/22 Actual Outputs 2021/22 Reasons for
2019/20 2020/21 Deviation from
2021/22 target
Regulations on the Regulations on the Not applicable. The The draft Regulations on Consultation report on the Consultation report on the No deviation
Children’s Amendment Bill Children’s Amendment Bill annual target in its the Children’s Bill has Draft Regulations on the Draft Regulations on Children’s
finalised phrasing was included been developed Children’s Amendment Bill Amendment Bill has been
in error in the 2019/20 developed
Annual Performance Plan.
The target was already
achieved in the 2018/19
financial year.
ECD Quality Assurance ECD Quality Assurance N/A The Framework for ECD Develop Draft ECD Quali- Draft ECD Quality Assurance No deviation
and Support System and Support System Quality Assurance and ty Assurance and Support System has been
approved Support System has and Support System developed
been developed and
finalised
Compliance to Standard Compliance to Standard N/A No compliance monitors Monitor compliance Monitored compliance with No deviation
Operating Procedures Operating Procedures were appointed as funds with Standard Operating Standard Operating Procedures
monitored were not received to Procedures for COVID-19 for COVID-19 and monitoring
appoint the monitors. reports developed.
Funds were however
allocated to provide
employment protection
for employees in the
ECD sector as part of the
Presidential Employment
Stimulus Relief Fund.
Increased number of Percentage of children N/A New indicator 5% increased of children A total of 1 435 601 children An online reg-
children accessing accessing quality ECD accessing quality ECD had access to quality ECD istration system
quality ECD services services services services during the 2021/22 was introduced,
financial year, which is a 57,7% which assisted in
increase of the 2 487 599 fast-tracking reg-
children which is the baseline istration processes
for financial year thus increasing the
number of children
accessing ECD
services.

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