ECD Staff, Training & Qualifications in South Africa
Your practitioners are your school. But ECD practitioner training in South Africa can be confusing: NQF levels, ECD qualifications and courses, learnerships, legal staff-to-child ratios and the constant challenge of hiring preschool teachers who stay.
These guides explain which ECD qualifications your staff legally need, where to find ECD courses and funded training in South Africa, how to hire and keep great practitioners, and the ratios and HR basics every centre must get right.
Browse the sections below by stage: training and qualifications, hiring and retention, or ratios and contracts.
ECD Qualifications Explained: NQF Levels 1–6 and Where to Study
What each NQF level means, which qualifications your staff legally need, and where to study, including learnerships and free training options.
Qualifications & Training
NQF levels, ECD courses, learnerships and upskilling your practitioners.
What Qualification Do You Need to Work at a Creche? ECD NQF Levels Explained
What Qualification Do You Need to Work at a Creche? ECD NQF Levels Explained What each...
Read MoreHiring & Keeping Great Staff
Where to find good practitioners, what to ask, what to pay, and how to keep your best teachers.
Hiring Preschool Teachers in South Africa: How to Find and Keep Great Staff
Hiring Preschool Teachers in South Africa: How to Find and Keep Great StaffWhere to look, what...
Read MoreRatios, Contracts & HR Basics
Legal staff-to-child ratios, contracts, codes of conduct and the HR essentials.
What Are the Staff-to-Child Ratios for ECD Centres in South Africa?
What Are the Staff-to-Child Ratios for ECD Centres in South Africa? The required adult-to-child ratios by...
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