The overall goal of the Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) Programme is to realise the education rights of vulnerable children in the SADC region through
schools becoming inclusive centres of learning, care and support. The National Support Pack has been developed to guide the Department of Basic Education to mainstream the CSTL Programme throughout all South African schools. It brings together information, best-practice examples, tools and case studies of effective care and support practice in schools. It is a generic resource written for varied contexts and its value depends on the capacity of CSTL Task Teams to adapt the tools and other resources to meet needs within its own environment, as well as to implement best practice.