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ERIC Number: EJ512494
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Surviving the System: A Critical Appraisal of Some Conventional Wisdoms in Primary Education in South Africa.
Motala, Shireen
Comparative Education, v31 n2 p161-179 Jun 1995
A cohort of 782 Soweto (black South African) students was traced during students' first 4 years of schooling, 1987-90 (apartheid still in effect). Only 55 percent completed second grade in 4 years, but repetition in grade was a much greater problem than dropping out. Discusses postapartheid policy implications for improving educational efficiency and quality. Contains 52 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Black Education, Disadvantaged Environment, Dropouts, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educationally Disadvantaged, Efficiency, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade Repetition, Primary Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: South Africa
Note: Special number 17; theme issue title: "Educational Reconstruction and Transformation in South Africa."