Despite almost 20 years of democratic governance in South Africa, there is growing
evidence that equitable access to quality education remains elusive for the majority of its …

The main aim of this study is to provide an overview of the research that has explored
aspects of access that surround formal state schooling. The specific focus of this review …

What are the features of the school environment that make students' of color incorporation
greater at some schools than at others? Prudence L. Carter seeks to answer this basic but …

In the present work, we fill a gap in the writing on the decentralization of educational
governance by periodizing and comparing trends that have fallen under this label in both the …

In 1987, the government of Ghana embarked on a process to decentralise education
management to districts as part of wider social and democratic governance reforms. A …

School governance is a feature of school leadership in schools in South Africa. Currently,
there is a dearth of research examining the dynamics in, and how parents navigate their way …

Governing bodies in South Africa are expected to have an important role in ensuring high
quality education in schools as well as in the democratization of the post-apartheid South …

This article seeks to argue that the nature of the new South African state is bound up with the
processes of the political negotiations and the compromises that led to the coming into being …

Public financing of education in the developing world context combines public and private
funds, and the utilisation of fees is seen as a way of complementing state resources. In …

Social inclusion policy in higher education—also referenced as affirmative action,
reservations, schedules, or antidiscrimination—has been used widely to promote equity and …