Afrikaninzing The Education System
The South African education system is not failing because the teachers are bad or that the students are slow. The problem is the curriculum. In a country that has a majority that is African, using the Western and colonial education system, which the majority of the students consuming it have no relation to, is problematic.
The government of South Africa is still one that is colonized, therefore it is difficult for them to teach anything outside their colonial master’s ways.
Looking at Africa’s best education system Zimbabwe (with the highest literacy rating, according to The African Economist), we notice that its curriculum is Afrocentric, the students are taught with examples and context that is relatable to them, of cause the country does have European langue’s that are used in teaching, such as Germen and English, they also have Latin and use Native languages in township and rural schools, Shona and Ndebele. Read More
Critical Reflection on colonial legacies in the African Academy. Challenges and prospects for the future:
We need to understand what colonization is and what is has brought with it that Afrikans are rejecting, what is its legacy in the Academic environment. Understanding the colonial institutionalizing of the education system: Definition: colonisation is an ongoing process of control by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and its components (people, animals etc.). – Wikipedia
Western Education was an important tool in making sure that the colonization was effective and was needed to pacify the Afrikan. Education was used to restructure Afrikan communities and cultures... Read more
