COVID-19 exposes South Africa’s unequal schooling system

Anciano, Fiona, Cooper-Knock, Sarah, Dube, Mmeli, Majola, Mfundo and Papane, Boitumelo (2020) COVID-19 exposes South Africa’s unequal schooling system. Africa at LSE (29 May 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The lockdown in South Africa to contain the coronavirus pandemic has exposed inequalities in the country’s childhood education. But did the system work for everybody before? Health concerns have collided with a pre-existing social and economic crisis in which poorer citizens lack access to the same quality of space and services.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform L Education > LB Theory and practice of education R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	08 Jun 2020 10:39
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 10:30
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104728

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