Submitted in accordance with the requirements of the degree of MASTER OF EDUCATION in the Department of SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION of the UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND, 1993. / In this study the reasons why some Black parents send their children to multi-racial schools in Natal are investigated. The primary aim of this research is to find out what attracts these parents to these schools. Data was collected from parents by means of a questionnaire. The survey revealed that Black parents want ^best education for their children. The study found that parents could not get the best education for their children from schools that cater for Blacks only "because of the inferior education offered in such schools". Parents said that they therefore resorted to sending their children to multi-racial schools, as the government appears to be unwilling to seriously address the crisis in Black education. There is however a drawback with the open private schools. The fees charged by these schools as the study revealed, are so exhorbitant that only the wealthy or middle class Black families could afford them. On the other hand, a number of white schools are experiencing a serious crisis - student numbers were declining, drastically. This means that these schools were to wind up their business. The announcement that certain former white schools were to be open to Blacks has also to be seen in this light. To control this process, these schools were labelled Model A, B and C and later on Model D was added. Each model has its own requirements for admitting Black students. The study revealed that Black politicians and educationists have rejected these models. They reckon that these models do not come near to solving the crisis in Black education. Furthermore, the government did not consult the Black community when introducing these models. The fact that these schools have clearly shown that they are not a solution to the crisis in Black education, strengthen the call for a single education ministry. It is hoped that such a ministry can facilitate the integration of schools in South Africa. / University of Zululand

Submitted to the faculty of Arts in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Zululand, 2001. / In this study the researcher looked at the problems which African learners encounter when they are at the White schools. The aim of this study is to provide scientifically grounded information about the situation in which an African child finds himself / herself and existence of racism in White schools. It seeks to ascertain what role South African Human Rights () South African South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to fight racial discrimination in South African multi-racial schools can play. The first aim is to bridge the gap in our substantive knowledge regarding the situation faced by an African child in White schools. The second aim is to ascertain the reasons why some of the white educators declare African child s colour-blind. The third aim is the statistically measure, describe and explain the nature and extent racism as a social phenomenon and its negative impact on an African child's future. The fourth aim is to establish the demographic particulars of the victims an African child of racism with regard to their age, sex and religion. The fifth aim is to render socio-educational concrete recommendations with regard to what could be done to address pervasiveness of racism. A questionnaire was compiled and used as an attitude rating scale and the questionnaire was administered to a representative sample of twenty-four white high school learners from six schools at Empangeni Region. Statistical analysis was conducted to fulfil the aims of the study and to rest the research hypothesis stated. This study revealed that the African learners at white high schools had problems with racism, apartheid at these schools. The African learners move from the African schools to white schools is due to their parents' choice and different perceptions and expectations by African parents are revealed in this study. The recommendations for this study was that educators be taught about aspects of multiculturalism and also anti-racism training to all education stake holders, including district officials, school governing bodies, educators, learners and clustering of schools to encourage sharing of resources between privileged and under-privileged schools. The Minister of Education should intervene in the white schools especially in racially representation of educators, governing bodies.