uMnyango wezeMfundo KwaZulu-Natal uyalelwe ukuthi ukhokhe uxhaso olusasele ezikhungweni ezingaphezu kuka-275 zokuthuthukisa izingane ezincane (ECD) ngemuva kokubambezeleka okukhulu okuphazamise kakhulu ukusebenza kwazo.
Lezi zikhungo ezithembele kumxhaso wansuku zonke ka-R17 ingane ngayinye zithwele kanzima ngenxa yokungakhokhi kahle selokhu umthwalo we-ECD usuka eMnyangweni wezokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi wayiswa eMnyangweni wezeMfundo ngo-2022. Ukuntuleka kwezimali kwenze kwaba nzima ukuthi bakhokhele abasebenzi amaholo kanye nokuhlinzeka izingane ngokudla.
Ukuphendula, i-Legal Resources Centre, emele izinkundla ezihlukahlukene ze-ECD, yakhipha incwadi yesicelo ngo-Okthoba 2024, icindezela umnyango ukuba uxazulule inkinga yokukhokha. Yize sekukhokhelwe ingxenye ethile kodwa izikhungo eziningi azitholi ukwesekwa okuholela ekutheni izisebenzi zisule emsebenzini nokuphoqe ukuthi abanye banyuse imali ukuze abazali baqhubeke nokusebenza.
UMnyango wezeMfundo uluvumile lolu daba kodwa awuzange unikeze incazelo egcwele ngokubambezeleka. Lesi simo sigqamisa izinselelo eziqhubekayo zezimali nezokuphatha ezisaqhubeka nokuba nomthelela ezinhlelweni ze-ECD KwaZulu-Natal.