Reasons Provided by Black Pupils in Rural Mahlabathini Area in Natal Province, South Africa, for Poor Academic Performance in Black Secondary Schools.

Simon, Alan

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Publication Date: 1991

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Reasons Provided by Black Pupils in Rural Mahlabathini Area in Natal Province, South Africa, for Poor Academic Performance in Black Secondary Schools.

Simon, Alan

Journal of Negro Education, v60 n4 p581-92 Fall 1991

A study of black South African students' perceptions of current high educational failure rates involved a survey of 385 students from 4 Natal Province schools. Self-blame, teacher blame, and lack of facilities and equipment were the top three of nine reasons for student failure. (JB)

Descriptors: Academic Failure, Black Students, Black Youth, Equal Education, Etiology, Expenditure per Student, Foreign Countries, Low Achievement, Politics of Education, Racial Segregation, School Segregation, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Student Ratio

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Africa

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