Crisis of decolonising education: Curriculum implementation in Limpopo Province of South Africa

Africa's Public Service Delivery and Performance Review

 
 
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Title Crisis of decolonising education: Curriculum implementation in Limpopo Province of South Africa
 
Creator Musitha, Mavhungu E. Mafukata, Mavhungu A.
 
Subject Public administration, public policy implementation Grade 12; Decolonising education; Curriculum implementation; Limpopo Province; Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement Limpopo
Description There is a consensus amongst social scientists and public administration practitioners about the importance of decolonising the education system in Africa and South Africa. Decolonising the education system is viewed as a catalyst to create human capital that will promote economic development to end the scourge of poverty. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) as a tool of decolonising from 2014 to 2016. This is a qualitative and descriptive study based on literature, and key informant interviews (KIIs) were used to gather data. This study has, however, found that implementation of CAPS in Limpopo Province is in a state of crisis. While there are many factors that contribute to this crisis, non-delivery of textbooks to schools remains a crucial factor. Civil society and media have been found to be key in playing oversight role in forcing the state to be accountable by taking it to court to deliver textbooks. However, this study recommends that Vhembe district should be used as a model for the province for effective implementation of CAPS.
 
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Date 2018-01-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Qualitative research
Format text/html application/epub+zip application/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/apsdpr.v6i1.179
 
Source Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review; Vol 6, No 1 (2018); 8 pages 2310-2152 2310-2195
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Limpopo 2014-2016 —
Rights Copyright (c) 2018 Mavhungu E. Musitha, Mavhungu A. Mafukata https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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