This is a Summary Report of the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) which aims to enhance learning capacity and improve access to education by providing a nutritious meal daily to learners at school. The evaluation aims to assess whether the NSNP is being implemented in a way that is likely to result in significant health and educational benefits for learners.

This is a Full Report of the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) which aims to enhance learning capacity and improve access to education by providing a nutritious meal daily to learners at school. The evaluation aims to assess whether the NSNP is being implemented in a way that is likely to result in significant health and educational benefits for learners.

The following forms an initial compilation of informational resources about the novel COVID-19 disease and its impact on children, schooling and educational outcomes as is understood so far. This collation brings together peer reviewed empirical studies, editorial viewpoints, research policy briefs and insights from leading South African and International sources in an attempt to provide some useful resources to researchers, policy analysts and any other stakeholder with an interest in understanding the state of evidence and scientific research into critical questions around the COVID-19 pandemic and schooling.

This report provides an account of the nature and scale of home education in South Africa in order to judge the appropriateness of the present policy.  Home education is a practice where parents take responsibility for educating their children at home rather than in schools.This report presents available statistics on home education in South Africa, reflects on curricula followed and reasons given by parents for pursuing home education.  It offers an overview of policy and current practice in the nine provincial Departments of Education in relation to registering, monitoring and supporting home education.  It concludes by analysing gaps in home education policy, and makes several recommendations for policy and practice.  Findings are based on a review of literature and a series of interviews (conducted between April and July 2007) with provincial officials responsible for home education, home schooling associations and two home educators in each of the nine provinces.  Website searches of curriculum providers provided further information on curricula.