Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Education)

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    A capability analysis of the National Development Plan (NDP) in terms of learners’ mathematics performances in primary schools in South Africa: Lessons from African successes
    (University of the Western Cape, 2024) Soga, Mncedisi Help; Maarman, Rouaan
    Even though the study is not a comparative study some of its content reviews the South African primary schools’ mathematics learners’ capabilities towards their mathematics performances in comparison with other African equivalents in mathematics performances. It is evident according to the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Studies (TIMSS 2015) (Reddy et al., 2016:3) that some African and international learners have improved mathematics achievements and outperform South African learners in mathematics and therefore this study seeks to bring a strategy that might address these mathematics learners’ freedoms and functionings. The study forefronts primary school mathematics learners’ performances because that is where a good foundation of mathematics should be laid or start while simultaneously looking at mathematics learners’ successes and improvements without considering the quintile to which the school belongs. The study looks at possible inferences which hinder South African mathematics learners from performing to the desired levels of performance despite the country’s historical background and the coronavirus (COVID-19). According to the South African Schools’ Act (DoE, 1996) about the right to education, as one of the fundamental human rights, the study reviews the National Development Plan (NDP) (National Planning Commission, 2011) by seeking to address its relevance, potential and enabling nature in terms of mathematics learning in the South African primary schools.