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From: Gareth Price <gareth.pr...@duke.edu>
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Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:50:44
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Subject: [lg policy]
South African Language Policy to Blame for Low Literacy,
Maths Grades
THE government’s policy of second- language education was most to
blame for students’ underperformance in maths and low literacy levels,
academics said yesterday.
Neville Alexander, direct of the University of Cape Town’s Project For
the Study of Alternative Education, said that while language was not
the only problem facing SA’s students, it was the "fundamental issue"
and the state’s language policy was a "guarantee of failure".
Full story: http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=148991
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Dr. Gareth Price
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
316 Languages Building, Box 90259
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0259
USA
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