Foreign ministers from eight African countries are attending the first continental conference focusing on play as a basic requirement of modern education.
The conference comes weeks after President Cyril Ramaphosa told Parliament his government is working to provide two years go pre-school education to better equip young South Africans for 21st centre challenges.
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga welcomed more than 400 educationist and policymakers from a score of African, European and American countries to the Africa Play Conference.
The conference will consist of three days of intensive workshops.
The conference is co-hosted by the Department of Basic Education, the LEGO institute, the United Nations Children’s Fund Unesco and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa.
