The Rock : the history of Orlando High School, 1939-1984.
Date
1984
Authors
Morapeli, Michael Marake
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Abstract
This research report traces and records the historical development
of Orlando High School, Soweto, South Africa,from
its origins in 1939 to the present. This account serves to
illuminate the history of state-provided secondary education
for Africans on the Reef in particular, and in the country in
general.
Attention is focused on three distinct periods or phases
through which Orlando High School has passed. They are the
pre-Bantu Education period (1939-1954), the Bantu Education
period, up to the riots (1955-1976) and the post-1976 period
to 1984. Each of these periods exerted different political
and socio-economic pressures on the school that shaped its
ethos, educative function and its growth.
The History of Orlando High School mirrors the phenomenal
growth and significant developments in the educational provision
for Africans over the last 45 years. There are, however,
serious problems that account for the present crisis
in this system of education. They need to be addressed boldly
and urgently.
Description
A Research Report submitted to the Faculty of Edcation, University of
the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Education
Keywords
High schools -- South Africa -- Soweto -- History., Education -- South Africa -- Soweto -- History., Blacks Education South Africa Soweto History, Orlando High School (Soweto, South Africa) -- History.