| Contents |
Introduction -- The racial context of South Africa -- Education and apartheid -- Educational aspirations and political realities -- Governance and access to schools -- Financing schools : initial steps toward equity -- Balancing public and private resources -- Outcomes-based education and equity -- Educational outcomes -- Equity in higher education -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract |
This book describes and evaluates the strategies that South Africa pursued in its efforts to establish an education system consistent with the country's new democratic values and its new economic and social needs. The authors focus on three cultural themes: the elimination of racial barriers in the state education system, the development of a unified and equitable school funding system, and the introduction of a new curriculum that embodied the precepts and goals of the new democracy. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260) and index. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Fiske, Edward B. Elusive equity. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2004 |
| LCCN | 2004011355 |
| ISBN | 0815728409 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780815728405 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
