Admission to university in an academically non-homogeneous society

✍ Scribed by Aletta Zietsman; Michael Gering

• Book ID: 104637345
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 575 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0018-1560
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00138090

✦ Synopsis

The concern with the disadvantaged student as a specific educational problem is relatively recent in South Africa. This paper deals with a proposed admission policy aimed at positive action -the removal of past discrimination without reference to race, class or creed. The proposed dual admittance system is described and compared with the New Zealand accrediting system, another dual admittance system. Results from an empirical study with regard to the proposed system, are presented. The study was conducted at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and the findings indicate that the dual admission system does discern students who are talented, but disadvantaged. Finally, some advantages of the system are discussed.