Curriculum 2005 : transformation and outcomes-based education

• Main Author: Malan, Beverley M.
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Curriculum planning - South Africa; Education and state - South Africa; Education - South Africa - Curricula; Competency based education - South Africa
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10918

D.Ed. (Curriculum Studies) === School education in South Africa has seen a number of changes, some more far-reaching than others, since the 1994 elections. In the schooling sector these changes included the restructuring of schools along nonracial lines, the redeployment of teachers and the introduction of a new curriculum for general education and training in schools. Changes have also been effected to the education and training system as a whole the most significant systemic change has been the establishment of a national qualifications framework (NQF), in terms of which (a) education and training are integrated and (b) all standards are registered in the form of outcomes that bridge previous divides between education and training...