THE EDUCATION DESK: No data, no deadline, no dedicated funding: SA’s blind and deaf children face an ECD crisis

South Africa does not know how many blind and deaf children are missing out on early childhood development – and the government cannot say when it will have a national framework in place to ensure they are included. This comes a quarter of a century after the gazetting of a government blueprint on inclusive education.

Pledge made within weeks at time schools are waiting years for essential works