Equitable funding of public schools to reduce the disparities in education inherited by the
post-apartheid government of South Africa in 1994 has become a priority. The Amended …

The formal end of apartheid was greeted with optimism and expectations. A new
Government of National Unity with Nelson Mandela at its head signaled a new just and …

Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty persisted in South Africa after the transition to
democracy in 1994. The book examines how public policies both mitigated and reproduced …

Assessment of the legacy of apartheid at the end of the apartheid era in South Africa
highlighted major inequalities between white and black, urban and rural areas, and several …

In spite of numerous definitions of quality, consensus on what constitutes quality is less clear
and contested. Using South Africa as a case study, this paper explores the current …

The National Norms and Standards for School Funding policy was adopted by the
government to address equity in South African public schools. This pro-poor funding policy …

The analogy of South Africa as an ailing" organism" afflicted by chronic socioeconomic
inequality is apt as it captures the nation's manifest endemic abrasions and frailties …

This study utilised regression methods to explain Grade 4 reading literacy achievement
taking into account discrepancies between the language of the test and home language for …

This volume gathers a cast of eminent scholars for a critical and comparitive analysis of how
neoliberal education policies have functioned in a range of countries in different stages of …

Several educational systems have introduced market-oriented reforms in the last two
decades. Recent research has suggested that these schemes may increase the …