Learner councils in South African schools: Adult involvement and learners’ rights

South African Human Rights Commission

What’s Wrong with South African Schools?

Ethics and human rights in South African medicine.

Condom Access in South African Schools: Law, Policy, and Practice

In 2007, South Africa’s new Children’s Act came into effect [1,2], expanding the scope of several existing children’s rights and explicitly granting new ones. The Act gives to children 12 years and older a host of rights relating to reproductive health, including access to contraceptives and to information on sexuality and reproduction, and the right of consent to HIV/AIDS testing and treatment...

Equity, Efficiency and the Development of South African Schools

Identifying the mechanisms for affecting the achievements of successful schools has become a major research focus in South Africa. Large scale descriptive studies have to date failed to make any progress towards this goal, largely because of a lack of data at the school and classroom levels. Small scale studies, on the other hand, which take these latter aspects as the principal focus for their...