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Education exclusion and inclusion: policy and implementation in South Africa and India

This is a two year study of education inclusion and exclusion in South Africa and India.

It provides a review of education policies designed to include marginalised groups, using the categories of race and caste as primary starting points for an analysis of processes of exclusion and inclusion.

The four aspects of exclusion/inclusion identified as central to increasing the experience of schooling for diverse racial and caste groups were:
- Access: entry to, and meaningful participation in, schooling
- Participation and governance: engagement with the school and the learning process through participation in rule-defining and rule-setting processes
- Curriculum: the transaction of learning through formal and hidden texts and practices
- Identity: the self-perceptions and perceptions of others around children of their social value and worth

 

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