Education and Skills for Development in South Africa: Reflections on the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa

Autor/inn/en	McGrath, S.; Akoojee, Salim
Titel	Education and Skills for Development in South Africa: Reflections on the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Development, 27 (2007) 4, S.421-434 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0738-0593
DOI	10.1016/j.ijedudev.2006.07.009
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Poverty; Economic Development; Educational Development; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Armut; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Bildungsentwicklung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	In July 2005, President Mbeki announced the launch of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (AsgiSA), a new development strategy designed to help the South African state meet the ANC's 2004 election pledges, namely: (1) halve unemployment; (2) halve poverty; (3) accelerate employment equity; and (4) improve broad-based black economic empowerment. AsgiSA outlines a very different development path from the current orthodoxy of the Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers in spite of the common commitment to halving poverty. This difference in approach encompasses the education and skills sector, where post-basic provision is given considerable attention. This paper seeks to explore why South Africa has taken this different approach, especially in education and skills development. It examines what the current evidence tells us about the strategy's likely success. Finally, it briefly considers the implications this case might have for the dominant model of African education and development. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10