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Title:The dilemma of christian-national education in South Africa
Author:Lavin, Deborah
Year:1965
Periodical:The World Today: Chatham House Review
Volume:21
Issue:16
Pages:428-438
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subject:education
Abstract:This study examines an example that covers both provincial and national politics in the policy of the Nationalist Party towards the electorate: education, where government policy has been dictated by the so-called Christian-National Education Manifesto originally drawn up under the auspices of the Broederbond as part of the battle for the recognition of Afrikanerdom. The Manifesto's basic assumption - the separate cultural identity of each section of South Africa's plural society - has remained unaltered, but legislation governing white education has in practice had to be modified, at the expense of the narrow anti-British spirit of the Afrikaner tradition, to fit the new party image of a united white community. This created three dilemmas for the Government: how to reconcile provincial sentiment with national policy; whether to acknowledge the inapplicability of Christian-National Education, or to stand by the Manifesto; how to shift from education to be good Afrikaners to educating one white nation. These problems are analysed in this article. Reference: notes.
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