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Challenges in implementing a South African curriculum in Eswatini

Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2020.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/78499 Challenges in implementing a South African curriculum in Eswatini Herman, Chaya Kombe, Charity L. Meki Tumwine, Baguma Deo UCTD Curriculum transfer curriculum implementation policy transfer policy borrowing cross-border curriculum monitoring decontextualised curriculum Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2020. Since 2010, some private and public high schools in Eswatini1 have begun to offer the South African Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS). Demand for this increased from one school in 2010 to 13 schools in 2018. The study accordingly investigated the challenges inherent in the transferal and implementation of the CAPS Curriculum in secondary schools in Eswatini. Phillips and Ochs (2003) and Dolowitz and Marsh’s (2000) model of policy borrowing were used as a theoretical lens to steer the study. The study adopted a qualitative case study as the research design in terms of which a sample of four schools was conveniently and purposively selected. Document analysis and semi-structured interviews with 33 participants were conducted. The study identified that the curriculum transfer was initiated by parents whose demand for the South African curriculum emanated from a number of factors such as low pass threshold, cheaper access, rejection of Swazi learners by South African public schools, limited professional courses and few universities in Eswatini. The challenges to such transferal and implementation were identified as lack of contextual suitability; lack of training for educators; border immigration requirements; high tuition fees and absence of a memorandum of understanding between the two countries. bs2026 Education Management and Policy Studies PhD Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2021-02-12T09:37:32Z 2021-02-12T09:37:32Z 20/10/02 2020 Thesis Tumwine, BD 2020, Challenges in implementing a South African curriculum in Eswatini, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78499> S2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78499 en © 2020 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
Curriculum transfer
curriculum implementation
policy transfer
policy borrowing
cross-border curriculum monitoring
decontextualised curriculum
Education theses SDG-04
Education theses SDG-10
Education theses SDG-16
Challenges in implementing a South African curriculum in Eswatini
title Challenges in implementing a South African curriculum in Eswatini
title_full Challenges in implementing a South African curriculum in Eswatini
title_fullStr Challenges in implementing a South African curriculum in Eswatini
title_full_unstemmed Challenges in implementing a South African curriculum in Eswatini
title_short Challenges in implementing a South African curriculum in Eswatini
title_sort challenges in implementing a south african curriculum in eswatini
topic UCTD
Curriculum transfer
curriculum implementation
policy transfer
policy borrowing
cross-border curriculum monitoring
decontextualised curriculum
Education theses SDG-04
Education theses SDG-10
Education theses SDG-16
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78499