Promoting learners’ right to freedom of religious expression in public schools

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dc.contributor.advisor Nthontho, Maitumeleng
dc.contributor.postgraduate Maganyane, Tumelo Arnols
dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-22T12:29:11Z
dc.date.available 2021-06-22T12:29:11Z
dc.date.created 2021/05/07
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.description Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria 2021.
dc.description.abstract The dispute over the place, accommodation and tolerance of religion and religious expression in South African public schools, as well as globally, has been vehement. This is, to some extent, because public schools reflect the multicultural and religious societies in which they are found. In addition to their diverse backgrounds, public schools in South Africa and elsewhere are dominated by Christianity, with most people claiming allegiance to it and, sometimes, discriminating against the other minority religions. This has led to governments developing a plethora of legislation, policies and regulations to redress the dominance, unequal treatment and discrimination of the dominant religion. This study was undertaken to answer the question: “How do public schools promote the learners’ right to freedom of religious expression?” This interpretive multisite case study explored the experiences of the SGB chairpersons, principals, Life Orientation educators and learners at three public secondary schools in the Bohlabela District of the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The research used interviews, document analysis and observations to elicit the participants’ views and understandings of how their various schools’ religious observance policies promoted the learners’ right to freedom of religious expression. The findings revealed that most schools have not changed the way they conduct religious observances since the promulgation of the National Policy on Religion and Education of 2003. Moreover, learners still experience religious intolerance and religious discrimination because schools promote single-faith religious observances.
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dc.description.degree MEd
dc.description.department Education Management and Policy Studies
dc.description.librarian pt2021
dc.identifier.citation Maganyane, TA 2021, Promoting learners’ right to freedom of religious expression in public schools, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80460>
dc.identifier.other A2021
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80460
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria
dc.rights © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subject UCTD
dc.subject Implementation of policies
dc.subject religion in education
dc.subject religious diversity in schools
dc.subject religious freedom
dc.subject religious observances
dc.subject religion policy in schools
dc.title Promoting learners’ right to freedom of religious expression in public schools
dc.type Dissertation


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