What is decolonised education?

zolly said:
Brown person adding his 2c here:


Oh c'mon. Just because a white person was the source of knowledge doesn't mean they are part of the group of dead whites who oppressed you. And let's be real here, apart from social/cultural differences and differences in intelligence, it's not like people from one race think differently from people from another race.



All knowledge builds upon existing knowledge. Just because the experts have the same skin colour as people who oppressed you doesn't change the fact that they are experts. Information is important, regardless of where it came from.



Get over your skin colour friend. Not every white person in a position of power/influence today is an "oppressive coloniser". SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY FOUGHT TO FREE YOU AND YOUR PARENTS.



This actually makes some sense.



Agreed. But do you as a 20 something year old have the knowledge/insight to actually tell what interests are being served and can actually PROVE it?



Agreed. African intellectuals should be given the same level of credit as their European counterparts. However, that doesn't mean they get that credit for free. Their work must be put under the microscope just like European experts.



Agree.



I don't care what you FEEL friend. Prove it. Gather the information and show that African language drama student's work(s) are getting lower marks than their English speaking equivalents.



Errrrrr, ok. What's the difference?



Talk about throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Again, JUST BECAUSE IT CAME FROM WHITE PEOPLE DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MAKE IT BAD. FFS.
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Zolly,
It's amazing to hear you reason like that.
It makes sense.
Personally I think the protesting students haven't studied and will do anything to avoid writing exams.
The education system is rubbish. It's mostly imported here from overseas.
I remember in 1995 the ANC paid a billion rand for outcomes based education.
The year before this the U.K. had stoped using outcomes based education it because it was useless and rubbish.
Makes me think that the ANC does not want its people educated properly.
 
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With all the crap going on in the US and in Europe, at least this will keep South Africa from becoming serious competition to the US and Europe any time soon.
 
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BBSA said:
On issue of decolonization, student says medical students must be taught about iZangoma & traditional ways of healing too - Eyewitness News

:rolleyes:
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Probably an African Studies student. I pray to that student's forefathers that s/he is not a medical student!
 
This is all BS. I have to ask what education & universities existed prior to colonisation. Elsewhere people were glad to adopt from arabia, persia, china, greece, rome etc etc That is where lots of european education came from and got passed on during colonisation. Now somehow this is all bad and we need to get rid of it. What did africa contribute to the history of education that was incorporated into the grander scheme of things?
 
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