EDUCATION
Page Extent: 156
Format: Soft Paperback
Price: 250.00 (VAT Incl)
ISBN: 978-0-6399024-8-7
Publication Date: August 2024
Rights: World
REFLECTIONS ON SOUTH AFRICA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM 1994 - 1999
N Chabani Manganyi, Ahmed Essop, Ranwedzi Harry Nengwekhulu
In this thought-provoking book, the educational professionals share their experiences and reflections of working at the coalface of the post-apartheid education system in the years following South Africa’s transition to democracy. In developing and implementing new policies, they and their colleagues had to accommodate seemingly untenable constitutional imperatives and navigate clashes, not only with apartheid-era civil servants but also within the governing party itself, adding to the complexity of the task.
Although each of the contributions deals with different aspects of the education transition, taken together they provide fresh insights and a nuanced understanding of the challenges that had to be overcome in the making of the post-apartheid education system.
Author information:
N Chabani Manganyi is a distinguished intellectual, academic, author and psychologist – the first African clinical psychologist in South Africa and the first Director General of Education in the democratic era. His career has combined the practice of psychology, intellectual and academic pursuits and public service in education.
Ahmed Essop is an education policy specialist. He began his career working in NGO- based alternative education projects in adult literacy at Learn and Teach and higher education – as the head of Khanya College (Johannesburg). He served as the CEO of the Council on Higher Education and as Chief Director for Higher Education Planning in the former Department of Education.
Ranwedzi Harry Nengwekhulu served as the Superintendent General of the Limpopo and Eastern Cape Education Departments. He also served in various capacities at the University of South Africa including establishing the Centre for Teacher In-Service Training in Mathematics and Science and the School of Governance of which he was the first director.