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Title:Tracing the development of poor student motivation and performance in township secondary schools
Author:Masitsa, G.M.ISNI
Year:2008
Periodical:Africa Education Review
Volume:5
Issue:1
Pages:84-108
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:secondary education
townships
black education
motivation
academic achievement
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18146620802144826
Abstract:Student motivation is a prerequisite for academic performance. Students' potential, qualified teachers and school resources and facilities count very little if students are not motivated. This article examines the development of the lack of student motivation and academic performance in township secondary schools in South Africa. It looks at the role of the Department of Education, teachers and students under apartheid (1976-1993) and in the postapartheid era (1994-2005). Prior to 1976, secondary schools in the townships were functional and productive. The 1976 Soweto riots, which were triggered by the Department of Education and Training's mistaken decision to enforce the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in secondary schools on a fifty-fifty basis with English, marked a turning point in black education in South Africa. In the 1980s and early 1990s the motivation of students in township schools was eroded by the protracted involvement of students and teachers in anti-academic activities which disrupted the education process. Due to the poor motivation of students, academic performance has deteriorated markedly and this situation should be resolved. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]
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