Education Reform in South Africa : Preparing for Higher Education beyond Apartheid / Walter L. Smith.

From 1948 to 1994, the Republic of South Africa (RSA) maintained 15 different departments of education and separate educational systems, signifying the inequality in educational opportunities throughout the era of apartheid. Even before the new democratic system of government ushered in with the 199...

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Main Author: Smith, Walter L.
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1996.
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Physical Description:20 pages
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