This funding appeal for The Africa Fund says apartheid education has left 45% of South Africans illiterate. A generation of Black young people is growing up without the most basic skills they need for today's economy. Many teachers in Black schools do not even have a high school education; in rural areas, teachers may have only a third or fourth grade education. The mailing says Nelson Mandela's government has asked The Africa Fund to help with urgent programs to upgrade teacher education. The Africa Fund sent a delegation of distinguished classroom teachers to South Africa for five weeks to investigate ways for American educators to help South Africa's schools. The mailing includes "Africa...
This funding appeal for The Africa Fund says apartheid education has left 45% of South Africans illiterate. A generation of Black young people is growing up without the most basic skills they need for today's economy. Many teachers in Black schools do not even have a high school education; in rural areas, teachers may have only a third or fourth grade education. The mailing says Nelson Mandela's government has asked The Africa Fund to help with urgent programs to upgrade teacher education. The Africa Fund sent a delegation of distinguished classroom teachers to South Africa for five weeks to investigate ways for American educators to help South Africa's schools. The mailing includes "Africa Fund Hosts South African Students." The mailing includes a quote by Evelyn Jones Rich. The mailing discusses South African education, in-school teacher training, educational programs, South African school principals, Sarah Hale High School in Brooklyn, a model U.N. program, New York City high schools, and Canaan Baptist Church.
