Answer to Question #213877 in English for Portia

Question

Considering the history of children's literature on African continent and more specifically in south African discuss how mayhave contributed to the fact that south African are not regarded as a reading nation

Answer 1

The decaying infrastructure, overcrowded classrooms, and relatively poor educational performance in South Africa's education system are perpetuating inequality and failing too many of the country's youngsters. The education system continues to be plagued by extreme inequities and persistent  underperformance that have deep origins in apartheid's legacy, but which the current government is unable to address effectively.

South Africa is a multilingual society with certain specific linguistic issues as a result of its  apartheid policies. On one hand, tensions exist between the country's two official languages,  Afrikaans and English. On a different level, linguistic difficulties exist between ethnic Europeans  and the African majority, most notably in school language training.