The investigation of some socio-educational factors contributing to high failure rate in matric in KwaZulu
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1990
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Abstract
This study looks into the problem of failure in Matric in
Black schools in KwaZulu. Some researchers have focused on
causes for academic failure before. Some of these
researchers are: Souper, (1976); Bryant, (1978); Havinghurst,
(1979); Donald, (1980); Simons, (1980).
Failure is rarely, if ever, attributable to one simple cause.
There are likely to be a multiplicity of interrelated
causes. Some' of these causes are : family disorganisation;
family size and education; poor study facilities at home and
teacher-pupil ratio.
Failure at school may imply that one may fail in life.
Society believes that school subjects are the means of
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equipping pupils with the knowledge of understanding certain
socio-economic and political demands. School subjects, it is
believed, reveal the r, ealities that they should know in their
society. It is through these school subjects that the child
will know how to live comfortable with other people (Social
Studies); how to look after his/her body, (Physiology and
Hygiene); how other organisms are important in her/his life,
(Biology/ Ecology;
(Geography) .
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Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education
in the Department of Planning and Administration in the University of Zululand, 1990.
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Failure rate -- Matric