Unmasking the realization of quality education in South Africa: Eminent lessons from China
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The attainment of quality education improves the quality of lives of the citizens. Moreover, it enables citizens to exercise other constitutional rights that nature their livelihood. This to note, the right to education as encapsulated in section 29 of the 1996 Constitution remain fundamental and worth protection. Against this backdrop, realizing quality education in South Africa remains a perennial discomfort to the educational sector. This calls for the adoption of valuable lessons from other jurisdiction in an attempt to fulfilled and realize this fundamental right. This view is buttressed by section 39 of the 1996 Constitution which promotes the reflection of international law as well as foreign law by the judiciary, tribunal or forum when construing any right in the Bill of Rights. This section provides the courts with the opportunity to consider international and foreign laws and apply it as and when a need arises and where appropriate. It provides that “when interpreting the Bill of Rights, a court, tribunal or forum must consider international law and may consider foreign law” (Constitution, 1996). Hence the necessity to draw lessons from other countries to realize quality education in South Africa.
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