In the wake of South Africa's first non-racial elections in 1994, the new Minister of Education launched a national process which would purge the apartheid curriculum of its most offensive racial content and outdated, ...

Die Motheong Independent Pre- and Primary School se wit onderwysers bied aan leerlinge 'n oase waarbinne die beste geleentheid aan hulle gebied word om uit hul armoede te ontsnap.

Jonathan D Jansen argues that black intellectuals have been co-opted into government follies, failing to point the way forward to a truly non-racial society.

Vrydag moes voorleggings oor min. Kader Asmal se samesmeltingsplanne vir hoër onderwysinstelllings by hom wees, en sy finale planne sal nou binne afsienbare tyd bekend wees. Intussen kyk Jonathan Jansen nugter na die ...

Prof. Jansen and colleagues at the Groenkloof library's South African Library Week festivities. From left to right: prof. Gilbert Onwu, Ms. Celia Tlammama, Mr. Arthur Molefe, Ms. Mmone Mohoroe, Prof. Jansen, mr. Robert ...

Uses a case study of curriculum innovation in Zimbabwe to assess existing explanations of why colonial curriculum content persists in many postcolonial states despite radical policy efforts. Argues for the primacy of ...

State control is based on the flawed assumption that it can best transform universities.

Education’s stormy petrel Jonathan Jansen almost left South Africa this year. In an interview with David Macfarlane this week, he explained his motives and articulated his deep concerns about the country’s education system.

We have raised our tolerance bar on crime to an absurd level.