M.Ed. (Subject Didactics) / It is a well known fact that half the people of the world are completely illiterate and only about a third are functionally literate. Chapman and Czerniewska (1978:65) support this statement by saying the United states of America needs to be looked at. It is one of the world's most developed countries and yet more than two per cent of persons older than fourteen have not yet attained functional literacy. This factor illustrates the tremendous education work that still lies ahead of the school and other institutions of learning. South Africa, like many other countries of the world, suffers the same consequences in experiencing educational turmoil, "extending from the classroom to the work-place. One of the major reasons singled out was the implementation of the Bantu Education Act of 1953 (Act 47/1953). The ideology thereof being not to educate a Bantu on the same level as a white man. As a result there was no relationship in curriculum content pertaining to classroom and work-place. In view of this, Black education has become a centre of concern for most race groups in this country because of educational, social and economical repercussions. This factor is well demonstrated in the report of the main commission of the Human Sciences Research Council on the investigation into education (1981 :108). It has shown the need to provide an educational system which will enable all members of the different population groups to acquire the skills of basic literacy. This will pose a long term problem for the State, as far as its economy is concerned.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:4055 |
| Date | 17 February 2014 |
| Creators | Maselwane, Motsei Andronica |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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