Społeczne funkcje szkolnictwa wyższego w RPA i konstruowanie różnicy
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Date
2012
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Social function of higher education in South Africa and the construction of the difference
Abstract
Following the ending of apartheid, the question is asked to what extend the equity between the
Blacks, Coloured and Whites was achieved. The large disproportion in school access during the
apartheid period caused inequalities and marginalized especially non-Whites. After 1994 many
reforms were introduced in the school system to assure equity in education among different ethnic
groups. The Blacks and other ethnic groups still have worse results in the school system. The
research data show that many of the Blacks still attend to the poor schools where they received
worse quality of education, while the Whites have an access to well-equipped schools. Thus the
chances of the latter to achieve high position on the social ladder are better. Despite the fact that
enrollment in higher education increased among these groups, still many of them do not graduated
from the universities and technikons. The researchers also point out that not only race is the
most important factor in the social stratifi cation but also socio-economic status. Moreover, some
of them see that in the South Africa there is (de)segregation in the school system because of these
two mentioned factors. In this paper I made an attempt to reconstruct the social function of the
education in post-apartheid era. I also try to answer to the question why there is a gap between
school achievement among the Blacks and the Whites. I analyze and discuss the main factors
which infl uence to the access to higher education.
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South Africa, inequalities, higher education, race, socio-economic status
Citation
Studia Edukacyjne, nr 21, 2012, s. 45-61
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978-83-232-2485-3
ISSN
1233-6688