Higher Education Reforming in South Africa
Thứ Ba, 18/04/2023
Dr. Nguyen Thi Hang (IAMES)
Abstract:
Education reform is an urgent need of modern
society, so each country chooses for itself a certain model or method of
education with the goal of changing outdated education which is no longer suitable. Historically, educational reforms
took different forms because the motivations of reformers differed. South
Africa is considered the country that invests the most in education compared to
African countries, but the quality of education is ranked low in the continent,
black people are still disadvantaged in the field of education, especially
higher education. The article discusses the following main topics: an overview
of higher education in South Africa before the fall of the Apartheid regime in
1993. Next is some specific content of higher education reform of a democratic
society such as: teaching and learning program; language of instruction;
financial investment (public finance). Finally, the article makes some comments
on the above reforms in order to highlight the advantages and disadvantages of
higher education after the collapse of the Apartheid regime.
Keywords: Higher education reform, higher education policy, language
of higher education, public investment in higher education, South Africa.