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School uniforms and the human dignity of learners in Swaziland
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/45874 School uniforms and the human dignity of learners in Swaziland Joubert, Hendrika J. (Rika) Bhembe, Mfanzile M. UCTD Swaziland Compulsory school uniforms Human dignity Dress code Poverty Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2014. The study focused on the role of members of the School Management Team (SMT) regarding the manner in which they implement the policy on mandatory school uniform in Swaziland schools. The main question guiding the study was: To what extent is the learners’ right to human dignity protected when teachers enforce the wearing of compulsory school uniforms in Swaziland schools? A qualitative case study approach was employed with empirical data collected using interviews with the SMT members of three schools in the Manzini and Lubombo regions of the Kingdom of Swaziland, as well as an analysis of each of the school official documents. The interviews and the analysis of the documents were aimed at determining the compliance of each school‘s strategy with the Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland, and all international conventions regarding the protection of children’s right to human dignity in schools. Data was analysed in accordance with acceptable procedures for processing the qualitative data. The researcher’s conclusion based on the data gathered and from the body of literature consulted, presented evidence that suggests that the rights of learners to human dignity is not well-protected in the three schools that participated in the study. Poor learners continue to suffer the humiliation of being undressed of clothing such as jerseys that they wear to school because it is not the prescribed school uniform and is unacceptable. Some suffer corporal punishment because their parents cannot afford to buy them the full prescribed school uniform. Poverty remains a serious challenge to implementing the mandatory school uniform policy. tm2015 Education Management and Policy Studies MEd Unrestricted 2015-07-02T11:05:47Z 2015-07-02T11:05:47Z 2015/04/29 2014 Dissertation Bhembe, MM 2014, School uniforms and the human dignity of learners in Swaziland, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45874> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45874 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Swaziland Compulsory school uniforms Human dignity Dress code Poverty School uniforms and the human dignity of learners in Swaziland |
| title | School uniforms and the human dignity of learners in Swaziland |
| title_full | School uniforms and the human dignity of learners in Swaziland |
| title_fullStr | School uniforms and the human dignity of learners in Swaziland |
| title_full_unstemmed | School uniforms and the human dignity of learners in Swaziland |
| title_short | School uniforms and the human dignity of learners in Swaziland |
| title_sort | school uniforms and the human dignity of learners in swaziland |
| topic | UCTD Swaziland Compulsory school uniforms Human dignity Dress code Poverty |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45874 |