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Issues and Challenges Facing School Libraries in Selected Primary Schools in Gauteng Province, South Africa
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Paton-Ash, Margie; Wilmot, Di – South African Journal of Education, 2015
There is no national policy for school libraries which compels school governing bodies and principals to have a library in their schools. It is thus not surprising that in 2011, only 21% of state schools had libraries, only 7% had stocked libraries and 79% of schools had no library at all (Department of Basic Education (DBE) Republic of South…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Libraries, Barriers, Performance Factors
The Provision of School Library Resources in a Changing Environment: A Case Study from Gauteng Province, South Africa
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Dlamini, Busi; Brown, Anna – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
Before 1994 education in South Africa was divided along racial lines. There were separate departments of education for whites, coloureds (people of mixed decent), Indians (people of East Indian decent), and blacks (black Africans). Education for white children was much better funded than any of the others. The quality of the education that white…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, School Libraries, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Educational Developments, the Role of the School Library and the Teacher-Librarian in the Education of Blacks in South Africa with Special Reference to a Sample of Schools in the Cape Peninsula.
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Frederiks, George H. – Education Libraries, 1994
The role of the teacher-librarian and the school library at black secondary schools in South Africa is investigated, with a focus on the Cape Peninsula, in the context of political, social and economic change. Recommendations are made, and it is concluded that funds are needed for additional librarians, libraries, collections, and training.…
Descriptors: Black Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Economic Change