The strong legacy of apartheid and the consequent correlation between education and
wealth have meant that, generally speaking, poorer South African students perform worse …

Abstract SPAULL, Nicholas; PRETORIUS, Elizabeth and MOHOHLWANE, Nompumelelo.
Investigating the comprehension iceberg: Developing empirical benchmarks for early-grade …

At the time of transition to democracy, fundamental reforms to the administration,
governance and funding of education were immediately necessary. A unified national …

In education, as in other fields, there are often significant gaps between research knowledge
and current policy and practice. While there are many reasons for this gap, one that stands …

This paper provides an overview of the various datasets pertaining to education in South
Africa that are informing or could inform policy making in education. The paper serves as an …

The aim of this article is to exploit an unusual occurrence whereby a large group of South
African grade 3 students were tested twice, 1 month apart, on the same test in different …

This paper provides an overview of the various data sets pertaining to education in South
Africa that are informing or could inform policy making in education. The paper serves as an …

Orientation More than two and a half decades into South Africa's democracy, the majority of
the country's learners receive low-quality school education, adversely affecting upward …

The forces of production in rural S outh A frica and the performance of the agricultural sector
form the central theme of this paper. It shows that the long‐term lack of dynamism of …

Access to university in South Africa has been, and continues to be, a highly contested area
that is plagued with many layers of complexity rooted in the social, political and educational …