Latest Scholarly Book Published – Reconceptualising education support services in South Africa
Editor: Johnnie Hay, Macalane J. Malindi & Thabo Makhalemele
The scholarly book titled, Reconceptualising education support services in South Africa, has been published by AOSIS Scholarly Books.
Education Support Services (ESS) or psycho-social educational support services is a crucial pillar to uphold the policy of inclusive education in South Africa. This book interrogates the current standing of ESS in South Africa, and how the service can be re-conceptualised within the next 10 years to ensure fair and quality support to learners and teachers across the vast and differing provincial educational landscape.
Dramatic discrepancies in provincial services were found – and possible solutions suggested to overcome a number of dysfunctionalities present in the current ESS. Focused planning is needed to ensure more standardised and fully functional ESS across South Africa. Read more.
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Copyright (c) 2021 Johnnie Hay, Macalane J. Malindi, Thabo Makhalemele (Volume editor)