Namibia

Abstract

Abstract taken from Dissertation Abstracts International, vol 46, no 03, September 1985, p. 804-A:

By focusing on the politics of race relations, the study attempts to substantiate its thesis that race relations did play a role in ethnic relations and education; accordingly, it seeks a deeper understanding of the educational policies in a racially segregated society, an area that has concerned educators and political scientists, but one in which there has been little research. The thesis contends that human behavior is increasingly sensitive to its environment; race hatred is learned from others, is not inherent, and has nothing to do with inferiority or superiority. We are all one species with one common past and common future

Chapter I discusses the history of African education and ethnic relations followed by a chapter devoted to the debate over "Bantu" education and its implication for education in the country. The third chapter is given over mainly to an analysis of "Bantu" Education Act No. 47 ot 1953 and the Odendaal Commission Report with some indication of the social factors involved. Chapter IV is devoted to what might loosely be termed a review of the literature on adult education with an analysis of recommendations, since it is mainly around the adults that political discussion has revolved. The last chapter ends with a brief evaluation of some of the proposals of the issues that have emerged, and an appraisal of the future evolution of education