Challenges And Issues Facing The Education System In South Africa

Author : Legotlo, Marekwa Wilfred
Publisher : Africa Institute of South Africa
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780798304603

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Challenges and Issues facing the Education System in South Africa by Legotlo, Marekwa Wilfred Pdf

The quality of education is pivotal for the production of human capital and this cannot be compromised by failing to refocus on the quality of education offered in schools. The inputs in the system such as trained and motivated teachers, buildings and classrooms including sanitation, clean water, instructional material such as textbooks, as well as strong leadership with vision to steer the winds of change are important in providing the desired outcomes. The chapters in this volume are broadly divided into three subsections as follows: learner related issues, (farm and rural schools, poverty and schooling, school violence, and students rights); teacher related issues,(teacher morale and motivation, teachers for all schools, management needs of school principals); and administrative/policy related issues (inclusive education, and school community relations). The social demand for better schools, effective principals, qualified and committed teachers and better opportunities for all place a huge challenge to provinces and the state to protect the rights of all citizens. This volume sets out the challenges facing the education system in South Africa, such as poor school infrastructure, poor learning conditions, and a lack of learning materials and provides recommendations on how some of these can be overcome.

Author : Mr.Montfort Mlachila,Tlhalefang Moeletsi
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781498301855

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Struggling to Make the Grade: A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Weak Outcomes of South Africa’s Education System by Mr.Montfort Mlachila,Tlhalefang Moeletsi Pdf

While South Africa has made significant improvements in basic and tertiary education enrollment, the country still suffers from significant challenges in the quality of educational achievement by almost any international metric. The paper finds that money is clearly not the main issue since the South Africa’s education budget is comparable to OECD countries as a percent of GDP and exceeds that of most peer sub-Saharan African countries in per capita terms. The main explanatory factors are complex and multifaceted, and are associated with insufficient subject knowledge of some teachers, history, race, language, geographic location, and socio-economic status. Low educational achievement contributes to low productivity growth, and high levels of poverty, unemployment, and inequality. Drawing on the literature, the paper sketches some policy considerations to guide the debate on what works and what does not.

Author : Charl C. Wolhuter
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781928523628

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Critical Issues in South African Education by Charl C. Wolhuter Pdf

The main thesis of this book is that, given that South African education faces major challenges, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) constellation of states offers — thus far overlooked — a valuable tertium comparationis, a source of international comparative perspectives, to inform the domestic scholarly discourse on education. This book first investigates the national contexts and development of education in the BRICS countries, arguing that this grouping represents a valuable but yet overlooked field for illuminating South African education issues with international perspectives. The book consists of chapters arguing for and illustrating this thesis from a variety of angles. Common to all chapters is that authors used the comparative method in education, that is comparing the national education system, in their education societal context interrelationships, of the BRICS countries. The chapters focus on a number of critical issues in South African education, including the language of learning and teaching issue, the alignment of the world of education with the world of work, early childhood education, and the development of world-class universities. Regarding the last, for example, China has been the terrain of the most intensive national projects of establishing world-class universities, with Project 985, Project 211, and the “Double First Class University” project. The chapters demonstrate what South Africa, in approaching her education issues, can learn from the experience of the BRICS countries.

Author : Zandile P. Nkabinde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015041373583

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An Analysis of Educational Challenges in the New South Africa by Zandile P. Nkabinde Pdf

This book deals with current developments in black education in South Africa since the introduction of Bantu education in the beginning of the 1990s. During the period under discussion, improvements have been made in black education. These improvements are partly due to the significant political changes currently taking place in South Africa that are supposed to mark the end of apartheid. Despite these developments, much remains to be done in order to remedy the effects of Bantu education. In particular, providing quality education in black schools will require innovative solutions. Proper planning, developing new teaching strategies, establishing practical educational goals, and identifying and using available resources must be controlled and harnessed to a new social order. Collaboration and coordination of all professionals, particularly blacks, will be a necessity. The process of change requires black participation in finding solutions to their educational problems; this is one of the major challenges facing post-apartheid South Africa. It is evident that there are more challenges that the post-apartheid era will present. This book is aimed at providing tentative alternative solutions to black education.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004547025

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Contextualising Rural Education in South African Schools by Anonim Pdf

South Africa's democratic government inherited a divided and unequal system of education. Under apartheid, South Africa had nineteen different educational departments separated by race, language, geography and ideology. This education system prepared learners in different ways for the positions they were expected to occupy in social, economic and political life under apartheid and was funded and resourced in ways that favoured white people and disadvantaged black people who remain in the working class. The newly elected democratic government in 1994 laid a foundation for a single national education system. Twenty-five years after the dawn of democracy, education is still in a parlous state in many communities in South Africa, but it is in the rural areas mainly in the former homelands that learners are most disadvantaged. Contributors are: Olufemi Timothy Adigun, Oluwatoyin Ayodele Ajani, Alan Bhekisisa Buthelezi, Joyce Phikisile Dhlamini, Bongani Thulani Gamede, Samantha Govender, Lawrence Kehinde, Nontobeko Prudence Khumalo, Primrose Ntombenhle Khumalo, Azwidohwi Philip Kutame, Manthekeleng Linake, Sive Makeleni, Nkhensani Maluleke, Bothwell Manyonga, Mncedisi Christian Maphalala, Takalani Mashau, Hlengiwe Romualda Mhlongo, Rachel Gugu Mkhasibe, Dumisani Wilfred Mncube, Nicholus Tumelo Mollo, Ramashego Shila Mphahlele, Fikile Mthethwa, Grace Matodzi Muremela, Edmore Mutekwe, Nokuthula Hierson Ndaba, Clever Ndebele, Thandiwe Nonkululeko Ngema, Phiwokuhle Ngubane, Sindile Ngubane, Dumisani Nzima, Livhuwani Peter Ramabulana, and Maria Tsakeni.

Author : Laurence Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 1920033149

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South Africa's Education Crisis by Laurence Wright Pdf

Author : Mawela, Ailwei Solomon,van Wyk, Micheal M.,Lebeloane, Lazarus,Mudau, Awelani V.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799871705

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Investigating the Roles of School Management Teams in Curriculum Delivery by Mawela, Ailwei Solomon,van Wyk, Micheal M.,Lebeloane, Lazarus,Mudau, Awelani V. Pdf

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a new paradigm in education that has forced school management teams to re-imagine their curricula delivery functions and obligations during and post COVID-19. Now there are concerns about the state to which curriculum delivery in schools is likely to become planned, implemented, and managed. Investigating the Roles of School Management Teams in Curriculum Delivery improves the quality of planning, implementation, and management of curriculum delivery to advance the quality of teaching and learning in schools. Particularly, it envisages innovative strategies, best practices, and addresses problems in the planning, implementation, and delivery of curricula by school management teams. Covering topics such as curriculum delivery theory, curriculum delivery in planning, implementation, and management during and post COVID-19; curriculum delivery in assessment and alternative assessment; and reimagining inclusivity in curriculum delivery, this edited book is essential for departmental heads, deputy principals, education district officials, department of basic education curriculum designers, instructional designers, administrators, academicians, university teachers, researchers, and post-graduate students.

Author : Maguvhe, Mbulaheni Obert,Mpya, Nwacoye Gladness,Sadiki, Marubini Christinah
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9798369311486

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Handbook of Research on Inclusive and Accessible Education by Maguvhe, Mbulaheni Obert,Mpya, Nwacoye Gladness,Sadiki, Marubini Christinah Pdf

In the vast expanse of education, a pervasive issue remains in the marginalization and lack of visibility of individuals with disabilities. Despite a strong desire for inclusivity, recent research suggests that fewer than 5% of children with disabilities in 51 countries across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are enrolled in primary school. This exclusion is not solely in enrollment numbers; even those who manage to attend face learning environments ill-equipped to adapt to their needs, leading to further isolation. Girls with disabilities, in particular, endure heightened vulnerability to abuse, reflecting a systemic failure to provide an environment that fosters equality, dignity, and respect for all. The Handbook of Research on Inclusive and Accessible Education emerges as an inspiration for change, providing a profound solution to the persistent issue of exclusion. The book encapsulates a collective effort to reimagine education. It advocates for a paradigm shift—moving away from the confinement of special schools and towards inclusive, mainstream settings. By addressing controversies, sharing successes, and outlining prospects, the book serves as a comprehensive guide for special school governing bodies, curriculum advisors, university lecturers, and all stakeholders committed to reshaping education.

Author : Nico Cloete
Publisher : James Currey Publishers
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 0852554354

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National Policy & a Regional Response in South African Higher Education by Nico Cloete Pdf

"This study looks at measures taken in the Eastern Cape to provide the higher educational institutions in a region of high poverty and high unemployment with strategic co-operation scenarios for post-school education (Fort Hare College & Rhodes University, two of South Africa's historic institutions of higher education are both in the Eastern Cape)." --book cover.

Author : Debra McGregor,Dayle Anderson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031173509

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Learning Science Through Drama by Debra McGregor,Dayle Anderson Pdf

This book presents a wide range of international perspectives that explore the different ways the diverse forms of drama supports learning in science. It illustrates how learning science by adopting and adapting theatrical techniques can offer more inclusive ways for students to relate to scientific ideas and concepts. The theatrical processes by which subject matter can be introduced, thought about, discussed, transformed, enacted and disseminated are shown to be endless. The first section of the book considers different ways of theorising and applying drama in classrooms. The second section provides a range of case studies illustrating how role play, performance, embodiment and enquiry approaches can be utilised for learning in primary, secondary and tertiary education contexts. The third section demonstrates how different research methods from questionnaires, particular kinds of tests and even the theatrical conventions themselves can provide rich data that informs how drama impacts on learning science.

Author : Monde Ndandani
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-24
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781728354484

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Responsibility in Small Things by Monde Ndandani Pdf

Aspiring to be upright and honourable: This book is about metaphorical bricks (small things) that make walls of all types of buildings within which people work and live. The figurative walls in the pages of this book are the Noah social types of the holy Bible. Behaviour is the function of character. A well-behaved person, young and old, develops to be a paragon of virtue, a rare species amongst the peoples of this world. Universal and generic good behavior project starts with casual greeting one’s family members in the morning and after intervals of absence from one’s home. Greeting people anywhere should be spontaneous. Children learn being courteous from their homes, same as telling the truth all the time giving lies no space. Hence building average good and steadfast citizenry is the responsibility of each homestead and family. If being sturdy is the essential feature of leadership, then every citizen in any country in the world can have her/his turn to lead.

Author : Tsediso Michael Makoelle,Thabo Makhalemele.,Pierre du Plessis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000413892

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School Leadership for Democratic Education in South Africa by Tsediso Michael Makoelle,Thabo Makhalemele.,Pierre du Plessis Pdf

School Leadership for Democratic Education in South Africa explores the democratization and modernization of education in South Africa, analyzing the state of school leadership in South African schools from the time of the new democratic education dispensation in 1994 to the present day. The book maps out what the future of education in South Africa could look like and explores the most conducive educational environments for change in South African schools. It adopts a critical approach to analyzing leadership and management in the context of school governance, school effectiveness, teacher development, multiculturalism and equity in education. Contributions explore the democratization and modernization of education in South Africa through examining different perspectives, achievements and challenges, and also consider issues around access to technology, language policy and the curriculum along with new literature on selected aspects of leadership. This book will be of great interest for researchers, scholars, and students in the fields of educational leadership, sociology of education, and teacher education.

Author : Stu Woolman
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781920033736

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Wrecking Ball by Stu Woolman Pdf

Wrecking Ball explores, in an unprecedented manner, a decalogue of wicked problems that confronts humanity: Nuclear proliferation, climate change, pandemics, permanent technological unemployment, Orwellian public and private surveillance, social media that distorts reality, cyberwarfare, the fragmentation of democracies, the inability of nations to cabin private power, the failure of multinational institutions to promote collaboration and the deepening of autocratic rule in countries that have never known anything but extractive institutions. Collectively, or even severally, these wicked problems constitute crises that could end civilisation. Does this list frighten you, or do you blithely assume that tomorrow will be just like yesterday? Wrecking Ball shows that without an inclusive system of global governance, the collective action required to solve those wicked problems falls beyond the remit of the world's 20 inclusive democracies, 50 flawed democracies and 130 extractive, elitist autocracies. Flawed democracies and autocracies that already struggle to produce goods necessary for their own citizens to flourish, are simply incapable of committing to international arrangements that address the existential threats posed by the decalogue of wicked problems. This then is our children's inheritance: Dystopias far, far worse than the polities that we ourselves have known. What, if anything, can mitigate the harms that are our legacy? Wrecking Ball offers, as an answer, a ground-breaking analysis of South Africa's political economy. It demonstrates that this country's elitist and extractive political and economic institutions not only make resolution of ongoing domestic crises unattainable, likewise, they make meaningful responses to wicked problems impossible. Smart people think they have all the answers. Without laboring under any such illusions, Martin Luther King Jr eloquently opined: 'The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.' But what will happen, King would acidly ask, if we continue to dawdle, and simply run out of time? Wrecking Ball similalry operates under no such 'smart' pretenses, and undeterred and unmatched ventures into terrrains traversed by truly great political economists: Smith, Ricardo, Marx and Keynes. By knitting together what we all know to be the facts, with cutting edge theory in economics, sociology, history and political science, the book paints an unflinching portrait of where we are, and where we are headed. Are we ready to be honest with ourselves about the likely future of this overheated, overpopulated planet?

Author : Elizabeth Russo
Publisher : PROMO RECORDS srl
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789730223927

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67 Letters to Dear Nelson by Elizabeth Russo Pdf

This is a collection of short letters from the writer, Elizabeth Russo, born in South Africa, to Nelson Mandela. It's a conversation about the social and political state of South Africa, the Rainbow Land...

Author : Crispin Hemson
Publisher : HSRC Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Multicultural education
ISBN : 0796921571

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Teacher Education and the Challenge of Diversity in South Africa by Crispin Hemson Pdf

Conflicts in schools over race, fees or language frequently make headlines in South Africa. Such conflicts reflect the multifaceted issue of learner diversity, encompassing racial, class, gender, religious, linguistic, physical and other differences. The need to handle such differences in equitable ways poses new challenges for teachers and teacher education. How are teacher education institutions preparing students for teaching in schools that are different from the ones they experienced as learners? What kinds of skills are they providing to enable teachers to deal with diversity and difference amongst learners.