HBU Campuses and Universities of Technology: Dealing with the Apartheid Legacy for Equity and more Evenly Developed Higher Education Sector
Keywords:
Historically Black Universities, marginalized student communities, South Africa, Technical Education, Bantu EducationAbstract
Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to shed a light on the South African university roadmap and make some contributions to the country, to its students and to the vast range of industries that it services, locally and internationally. The scientific and academic achievements of universities in South Africa have been phenomenal, from outreach programs at universities, to high quality scientific areas, and to development and research, whether in social or the natural sciences. This article addresses the questions like what studies are offered at Historically Black Universities (HBUs) or what are now black campuses and remain so in terms of their student populations being predominantly African and deals with what is significant in the descriptions below is what is not offered at these universities. An attempt is made in this paper the structural division of institutions, historically white and black, developed, and under-developed, urban and rural, well-resourced and under-resourced, larger scale and smaller scale universities in South Africa. Methodology: To address the research questions sated above, this paper used the qualitative methodology where the information and the relevant literature collected from the internet sources and content analysis has been made. Implications: this research work deals with the work of academics and activists lies in the creation of multiple spaces for growth, such as in its labor laws, or in the construction of Sector Education Training Authorities (SETA’s). On the other hand, the country remains on the edge of a precipice in relation to its disaffected (but optimistic) youth, its marginalized rural areas, and in its rife divisions between the poor and the wealthy. Originality: This paper contributes for the HB universities can use the framework to understand marginalized student communities in South Africa.
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