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Title: | Education Struggles: Teachers and School Committees in Natal/KwaZulu |
Author: | Morrell, Robert |
Year: | 1988 |
Periodical: | Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa |
Issue: | 7 |
Pages: | 47-65 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | political attitudes teachers Education and Oral Traditions Labor and Employment Politics and Government |
External link: | https://d.lib.msu.edu/tran/65/OBJ/download |
Abstract: | Although some South African teachers were, and continue to be, politically active in organizations committed (at least) to the removal of apartheid, generally, teachers did not live up to the expectations of political activists. In Natal/KwaZulu, the task of mobilizing and organizing teachers proved very difficult and little headway was made. This paper examines the reasons for this failure. It argues on the one hand that State reforms have given teachers a particular stake in the status quo which Inkatha's populist appeal rather than the UDF's antiapartheid stance seems best likely to preserve. Secondly, the paper evaluates the consequences of the tactical decision to shun 'State structures' and create 'alternative structures'. In particular, the position of School Committees within the regional politics of education is assessed. Bibliogr., notes, ref. |