New Schools in South Africa Serve the Underserved

Keisha McNeil
October 1, 2010
12:25 pm

In South Africa many of its public schools have not succeeded in in educating black students form the poor townships and rural areas. These children are a part of the post-apartheid generation. for almost a decade, banks and foundation have monetarily sponsored promise gifted black students at predominantly white educational institutions. Now there are new private institutions that carters to young black students from lower income, working-class families. The ultimate goal of these private schools is to give the public schools competition as well as motivation. One school called Leap has devised an approach to educating these black students in a way that will allow them to learn in a more engaging environment. The educational atmosphere of Leap replicates the notorious American charter schools. This method was used in effort to dispute the racism that has tainted the school systems for black students in South Africa due to the apartheid law.

In this article, the educational issues within South Africa's society are like a reflection of America's educational system. The apartheid law in South Africa is equivalent to the segregation laws of and Jim Crow of America. The impression of South Africa given in this article shows that South Africa is struggling with repairing the damages that have been bestowed upon it form apartheid. There is clearly a separation amongst white and black students. The black students are left with teachers who are unaccountable, and poorly trained teachers who could care less about what they are instilling in their students. South Africa is behind in the time when it comes to the racist clad education system.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/africa/09safrica.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&sq=education in south africa&st=cse&scp=1