Registration of After School Care Services

• After school programmes offer individual attention to children and focus on mentorship, targeted enrichment, group support and life skills.
• Programmes for school-going children in the afternoon and during school holidays offer a protected environment in which attention is given to homework and the child is encouraged to use free time constructively.
• The impact of after school care programmes is significant and research has indicated the following improvements and results in children:

1. Academic improvements – reading, mathematics, better school attendance, better work habits and better homework completion.
2. Social improvements – peer relations, improved conduct and fewer disciplinary incidents.
3. Improved decision-making – less likely to use drugs and alcohol, less likely to be violent, and better problem solving.

There's a need to upscale after school care programmes directed at increasing youth resilience through focusing on development and prevention. Research shows that:

• Children are more vulnerable after school.
• Unsupervised children are twice as likely to use drugs.
• Children and youth in South Africa are 4 to 5 times more likely to be victimised than adults.
• After school care limits youth coming into conflict with the law.
• Most youth who break the law do so in the hours after school when they're unoccupied and unsupervised.

Find out how you can register your After School Care Service here.