However, overcrowding, high staff turnover and the frequency with which prisoners are confined to their cells because of violence jeopardises even the most basic education provision.
Basic education: provision for basic education (school construction, teacher training, school supplies); and access to quality child-friendly schools (CFSs) and curriculum.
This would capture the differences in role, dependent on locality of operation (urban/rural, hospital/community, etc)., which would enable the customization of basic and postbasic education provision to meet local needs; it would also afford the development of a structured job description and a benchmark against which to conduct IPAs.
The welfare state also usually includes public provision of basic education, health services, and housing (in some cases at low cost or without charge).
Since the end of apartheid more than 20 years ago, the South African government has made remarkable development progress – including setting up inclusive democratic institutions for all races, a huge increase in the provision of basic education, healthcare, sanitation and housing, and the creation of about 3m jobs.
They are increasingly determined in the fight for their basic rights to be free of child labor, child marriage and child trafficking and sex discrimination -- and to share in and enjoy the provision of basic education.
The initial efforts to provide non-formal basic education were restricted to the provision of basic skills of reading, writing and numeracy under the auspices of the Department of Non-Formal Education DNFEE).
UNICEF globally, and within the region, has been supporting the Child-Friendly Schooll" (CFS) approach as a holistic approach to ensure that appropriate standards for the provision of basic education are in place.
The focus of the evaluation is on the results of SAPP I education on gender equity in terms of (a) increased access to, and completion of, elementary education for boys and girls; (b) improved quality and relevance of the provision of basic education for girls and women.
The Evaluation Report of the pilot programme (Galabawa, 2003) shows that the COBET pilot project made a useful overall contribution to improving access to and quality provision of basic education and, since achievement levels observed in COBET are comparable with those in formal primary schools, COBET has proved itself successful.
