| Title | Chapter 8: Filling the potholes and smoothing the road in order to surge ahead |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2025.BK501.08 |
| Landing page | https://books.aosis.co.za/index.php/ob/catalog/book/501 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Vusi Mncube, Mzuyanda Percival Mavuso, Winston Hendricks & Charl Wolhuter (eds.). Licensee: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd. The moral rights of the editors and authors have been asserted. |
| Publisher | AOSIS |
| Published on | 2025-09-01 |
| Long abstract | This chapter offers concluding reflections on the volume. A synopsis of the chapters will be provided, reflecting the holistic picture of South African education presented in the first chapter. This conclusion will draw on the findings of each chapter and highlight recommendations for improving practice, as well as suggestions for further research to advance South African education. While the overall impression reaffirms the first chapter’s assertion that South African education faces significant challenges, it also emphasises its relevance and instructive value to the outside world. Additionally, South African education can learn much from the experiences of other nations. |
| Print length | 8 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
| THEMA |
|
| BIC |
|
| Funding |
Charl Wolhuter studied at the University of Johannesburg, the University of Pretoria, Unisa and Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Wolhuter obtained a PhD in Comparative Education from Stellenbosch University. Wolhuter served as a junior lecturer in the History of Education and Comparative Education at the University of Pretoria, a senior lecturer in the same fields at the then University of Zululand, and as a professor of Comparative and International Education at the Potchefstroom campus of North-West University, South Africa. Additionally, Wolhuter has held visiting professorships at several institutions, including Brock University in Canada, the University of Crete in Greece, the University of Queensland in Australia, the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy, Matej Bel University in Slovakia, Boris Grinchenko University in Ukraine, the University of Zhengzhou in China, the University of Namibia, The Education University of Hong Kong, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in Germany, the University of Latvia, the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, the University of Tarapacá in Chile and National University of San Martin in Argentina. Wolhuter is the author and editor of numerous books and articles on the history of education and comparative education.
Vusi Mncube is the Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University ofFort Hare. Mncube has extensively published on democracy and education, focusing on good governance, school governance, democracy in education and social justice. Within the realms of good governance and democracy, Mncube has authored numerous research articles in reputable academic journals. Additionally, he has supervised several MA and PhD studies. Mncube is also an expert on violence in schools, having published various research reports, articles and a book, with a second edition released in 2023. Mncube co-authored three books, the most recent being Violence in Schools: South Africa in an International Context (with CR Harber, 2018, Unisa Press), which won the prestigious Hiddingh-Currie Award at Unisa in 2018. In 2012, Mncube published Education, Democracy and Development: Does Education Contribute to Democratisation in Developing Countries? (with CR Harber, Symposium Books, Oxford, United Kingdom). That same year, Mncube and Clive Harber co-authored a Unisa report titled The Dynamics of Violence in South African Schools, published by Unisa Press in Pretoria. In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Mncube published several articles on integrating information and communication technologies (ICTs) into teaching and learning in higher education institutions. Mncube also serves as a peer reviewer for various national and international journals.