The Educational Gaps in Primary Schools in Post-Apartheid South Africa : Decentralization of School Management

ミナミアフリカ　ハウテンシュウ　ツワネシ　ニ　オケル　ミンシュカゴ　ノ　ショトウキョウイク　ノ　ガッコウカン　カクサ　ブンケンカ　セイサク　ニ　チャクモク　シテ

イノクチ, カズヨシ

Inokuchi, Kazuyoshi

オオサカ ダイガク ミライ センリャク キコウ ダイゴ ブモン ミライ キョウセイ イノベーター ハクシ カテイ プログラム

初等教育

分権化

South Africa

primary education

decentralization

South Africa, which overcame Apartheid in 1994 after suffering a long period of segregation is facing racial gaps in education. Though the democratic government has been putting efforts into creating structural reform in the education sector and has achieved some improvement for former black schools, the education for white pupils is still much more advanced and new gaps among black pupils has emerged. It is not a factor that the current educational gap can be attributed to the apartheid legacy. Rather, it can be observed that the new education system, which is characterized by a decentralized system, creates the current gap in education. This paper first carefully reviews the new education system, which was introduced in 1996. Then, it looks at those racial gaps (mainly focusing on three aspects: school budget, educational environment, and the capacity of the school governing body) through interviews with three different schools in Pretoria and explores the reasons for and the background to the gaps.