Pros And Cons Of Educational Development In South Africa

For the last fifty years the topic of supplying miscreants with education and training has been one of the most argued in society. On the one hand, there is growing evidence that edification influences convicted culprits in a good way making society more intelligent and increasing the level of safety. On the other hand, some people have no doubt that it is worthless and unfair to provide criminals with education. As a result, alongside advantages there are disadvantages to educating and training perpetrators of crime.

As the anti-apartheid struggle ramped up in South Africa in the 1980s, the Kagiso Trust was formed as a NGO to support the struggle against apartheid and to distribute funds from the European Union and other donors. This was to provide the uplifting and empowerment of disadvantaged communities in South Africa through various development initiatives. At this stage, the core focus of the Kagiso Trust was on “building partnerships and collaborations to strengthen the implementation capacity of people and organisations in development”[1]. Following South Africa’s transition into democracy in 1994, the Kagiso Trust refocused its goals and efforts on education [1], which is considered a critical component in the eradication of inequality.

In addition to empowering individuals, effective education systems strengthen communities by building bridges between people, thus preventing conflict and ignorance. Most importantly, our education systems cannot simply cater to the powerful and privileged. In making donations and investments, we must look to those who are most vulnerable in the world – women, those from developing countries, and many others who are often relegated to the shadows when governments think about the public they serve. In doing so, we can build a more well-educated, prosperous, and socially just

They would then be introduced to violent norms unfamiliar to him, which he would soon become accustomed to, resulting in them to gain violent tendencies and habits. This. Would especially worsern as they progress from their teenage years to adulthood, carrying these jagged norms with them, especially as they may experience resocialization by altering their norms. One result of the norms, in particular, would be within school which due to his newly gained social capital after becoming apart from that group, heavily affects the quality of education one receives. In this specific scenario, two variables which directly influence the education of our case study are Social and Cultural Capital (Sirin, 2005).A major factor in the quality of education a student receives is Social

I found this presentation composed by Daphne Koller to be very interesting, informative, and intuitive. Personally I am an advocate for everyday learning that goes beyond the four walls of a classroom. I found her realistic and modern approach to education rather enlightening and because of this I found it very hard to limit her most interesting parts to just two. It is an age old tale that too many millennials are graduating everyday with degrees in different fields and not obtaining the job that they deserve, or at least a job that can put a dent in their mount of student debt. Fortunately as New York habitants we have the ability to choose between a more affordable educational option like, CUNY and other alternative options. We have a choice that sometimes we take for granted. I found in interesting that Daphne eloquently brought this awareness to us by highlighting that not everyone in the world is given the same opportunity to obtain an education.

Not only does every developed country have a respected education system, but they also have better ways of handling crime because of the education they possess. According to Mathews of The Washington Post, “poor education makes finding non-criminal employment more difficult, crime and poor education both cluster around low-income, high-poverty neighborhoods”.(para. 1) This part of the article helps determine a fair reasoning from a pathos point of view. It is from a pathos point of view because it is trying to connect the general public with the educational problem in the youth of the country. If education can increase the amount of opportunities for the youth, it can decrease the amount of the youth deciding to go with the more violent lifestyle. This doesn’t mean they will choose the right path, but it can help guide

Specifically in regards to education, the government targeted the wrong aspect once more. It employed affirmative in university admissions, but with little effect. Recall that the Extension of University Education Act made it illegal for blacks to attend universities without government permission. So when apartheid ended, all universities were open to blacks. But opening a university to blacks doesn’t mean they will attend, and it certainly doesn’t mean they will excel. Just like how apartheid left blacks unskilled and unqualified for jobs, it also left millions of black secondary school students unprepared for higher education. As shown in the figure below, the graduation rate for Africans was 24% lower than that of whites as of 2006. Figure 3: Graduation in regulation time, overall and by population group (%) (http://www.che.ac.za/sites/default/files/publications/Full_Report.pdf

Poor Educational Policies. I will also argue that the anti-Mandela rhetoric and youth violence is a function of frustrations due to poor educational policies.

“ The term ‘culture’ of learning and teaching has entered South African popular discourse with ease that belies its theoretical complexity” Christie (1998).The breaking down of

Crises: Africa as a continent has experienced many crises that have severely affected her education standard. These crises range from civil war, inter-religious conflicts, and terrorist attacks.

Apartheid divided people and was in favour of white people and left the majority of black people poor. This created inequality between black people and white people, thus this resulted in the people in the people who are disadvantaged by apartheid to form civil societies to help fight poverty themselves. This essay will critically discuss whether civil society has transformative potential in south Africa and also to what extent does it have transformative potential, that is if it has transformative potential. This paper will discuss this by looking at what at what civil society is, looking at development and how ordinary people challenge forced development (top down) by engaging in

“Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.” Education is important because a more educated society will be more successful. It is urgent that education is compulsory and free in Africa, including after primary school because the youth needs to have the basic skills and be educated enough to live successful and productive lives. The children represent the future of the country, and if they are educated, the country is set to become more prosperous in the future.

South Africans had been living under the system of apartheid since 1948 where citizens were divided by race and kept separate through certain system of laws which governed all aspects of daily life. Even though black people were in majority they were denied the right to vote in National elections. The educational system was designed not to educate young blacks into professionals but to prepare them to serve white upper class. Apartheid went further to divide the schools into racial groups therefore the white schools were so advantaged within resources compared to the black schools within the town of Soweto. Government also insisted that the Afrikaans language be used as the medium in all local schools which created enormous distress amongst black students. Many divisions between black and white took place in society. The black people found themselves infuriated by the fact that they were slaves in their own country of birth.

Education in South Africa is in crisis due to lot of issues that it’s facing. Education in South Africa is governed by the state under the department of basic education for primary school and secondary school not higher education and training. The question that I am going to address here state that “is the democratic education a solution to South Africa’s educational problems”? As lots of people know that our education in South Africa is facing lot of problems that affect learning in our school, that also affect the learners. The way those things are happening now seems as if our government is failing to address those issues. In this essay I will provide an

Due to apartheid era, South Africa as a country had suffered from different forms of displacement. This fact is no news as many sectors suffer from the isolation that generated from this displacement. Universities in South Africa have immensely been affected. Historically, the problem of ethnicity and race affected every area of their education. Debate on what language to use as a language of instruction became irresolvable. Most of the support was in favor of the mother tongue as language of instruction while little support was giving to Afrikaans and English languages. This disapproval created setback for the Afrikaans and English speaking universities in the social and cultural space. Also, the segregation of the black (majority) and white (minority) was said to be resolved but it is still creating separation in South African universities.