Natal Early Learning Resource Unit (NELRU)

NELRU (accredited with the ETDP.SETA) is an NGO/NPO organisation. NELRU works in under-privileged areas promoting pre-school education, providing centre-based training to teachers, upgrading crèches, setting up educational programmes, running lecture courses, workshops etc. It also acts as an upliftment and resource centre for the disadvantaged communities all over KwaZulu Natal. Worldwide research highlights the importance of quality Pre-School education during the first five years of life. This is the time that the foundation is laid for the child’s future Mental, Physical, and Emotional Development. The Early Childhood Development (ECD) sector relies on the service delivery of dedicated non-profit organisations and on corporate support for its programmes. As the first rung on the educational ladder, ECD programmes are the bedrock of the education system and without this foundational layer, at a developmentally critical time, children often don’t cope well with their formal ...