This is a complex and unsettling story – one thing that seems clear, though, is that it would be a mistake to write this loss of talent and skills off simply to a white (and, by implication or inference, racist) exodus. People are leaving for a bunch of reasons, but basically they are voting with their feet. And the consequences for the country are not good. via Where’s everyone going? Behind SA’s new skills exodus
Author: Glen Fisher
Travelling through life without a map
After Children Die in Pit Toilets, South Africa Vows to Fix School Sanitation – The New York Times
The tragic saga of basic infrastructure in South Africa’s poorest schools, serving the poorest (black) children, goes on and on and on. No-one is held accountable. The state takes no effective action. Funds disappear, and children suffer. In some cases they pay with their lives. This is a defining reality of post-apartheid South Africa. We expected better. via After Children Die in Pit Toilets, South Africa Vows to Fix School Sanitation – The New York Times
Education: In SA, Children’s rights die one PowerPoint at a time | Daily Maverick
Tragically, and with bitter irony, failure in education has come to define post-apartheid South Africa.
via Education: In SA, Children’s rights die one PowerPoint at a time | Daily Maverick
A serious indictment of education funding priorities in SA
So much for the ‘pro-poor’ rhetoric of the Jacob Zuma Presidency: recent analysis shows a grim shortfall in funding for primary education, with devastating consequences for the… Read more “A serious indictment of education funding priorities in SA”
What do we mean by results?
All of us in the development field want ‘results,’ presumably – but what does this mean? Does the focus on results translate into top-down, centralised, short-termism, or… Read more “What do we mean by results?”
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