The time is burning: The right of adults to basic education in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorRule, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-01T08:55:02Z
dc.date.available2017-06-01T08:55:02Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThe government has neglected the constitutional right of adults to basic education over the last decade. This paper examines the bases for holding the government to account in the constitutional court for its performance. It examines the effectiveness of government responses to adult illiteracy since 1994, drawing on a range of policy documents, statistics, scholarly reviews and other data. It outlines two lines of argument which might be pursued against the government: its underspending on adult basic education, and its failure to cater for adults for whom the formal ABET system is not accessible. On a constructive note, it calls for a comprehensive approach to the challenges of adult basic education, outlining key principles that might inform such an approach as well as alternative models of provision.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationRule, P. (2006). The time is burning: the right of adults to basic education in South Africa. Journal of Education, 39: 113-135en_US
dc.identifier.issn0259-479X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2900
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherJournal of Educationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of Education;39
dc.rightsPublisher retains copyright. Authors may archive the published version in their Institutional Repository.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectABETen_US
dc.subjectConstitutional righten_US
dc.subjectAdult basic education and trainingen_US
dc.subjectAdult literacyen_US
dc.titleThe time is burning: The right of adults to basic education in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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