The solution to the South African education system’s ills lies in more effective state policies.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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			 / 26 September 2007
			
		
		The majority of public schools in our country can be regarded as sites of a moral panic that highlights criminality, vandalism, bullying and violence, as well as “drop-out” and academic failure. Middle-class kids experience an education that is largely unchanged in terms of quality and resources from pre-1994 practices, writes Peter Kallaway.
		
	 
	
		
		The majority of public schools in our country can be regarded as sites of a moral panic that highlights criminality, vandalism, bullying and violence, as well as ”drop-out” and academic failure. Middle-class kids experience an education that is largely unchanged in terms of quality and resources from pre-1994 practices.