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ISSUES GIVING RISE TO SEVERE BARRIERS (Culture of poverty in SA…
ISSUES GIVING RISE TO
SEVERE BARRIERS
Culture of poverty in SA
factors such as ill health, undernourishment, backlogs in education etc.
created by factors such as low wages, inadequate education, unemployment, overpopulation, substance abuse etc.
unplanned urbanisation & unemployment
urbanisation escalating out of control in & around major cities
lack of job opportunities drive people - many who are immigrants from other African countries - to the cities
mushrooming of unplanned informal settlements - squatter camps - resulting in SA's cities dangerous & unhealthy to live in
Moral confusion and uncertainty about values
growth of social media makes you aware of everything everywhere in the world
Both adults and children are confronted by a disorderly & diverse values
Societal life in South Africa is characterised by general trend of distrust and selfishness , not having interest in broader community
Measure to counteract the decline of values
redesigning of the curriculum
role of socio-educationist
Initiation of moral regeneration movement
HIV & AIDS pandemic
South Africa has the highest number of children in the world, that is children under the age of 15, that are infected with HIV
HIV/AIDS/STD strategic plan for SA
Promote safe and healthy sexual behaviour
Provide antiretroviral medication to all persons who are affected
Advocate male circumcision and the use of condoms
Provide treatment, care and support in health care facilities and in communities
Support research, monitoring, surveillance and the development of an AIDS vaccine
Disintegration of family life & child abuse
There are few support structures in modern society where children are able to adequately fulfil their social adjustment and proper self-actualisation
CHILD ABUSE
important that teachers take steps to help protect children against possible abuse
Know the various forms of child abuse, the parental factors that characterises abusive parents
Causes:
Parental factors – factors that characterises abusive parents.
The parents experience an unsatisfactory sex life
Child factors - factors that characterises and abused child
The child was unwanted
Crisis of stress factors – factors causes a child to stress
Single parenthood
Addressing antichild climate in conteporary society
Community education
– The department of basic Education strives towards transforming all schools in the country into community centres
necessary programmes for all members of the community can be presented
to enhance the selfimage and the way of life of adults through functional literacy and numeracy
to enable them to fulfil their educational tasks.
Purpose:
To provide supportive guidance for parents with regards to child rearing and parental involvement
Educational programmes
-- to strengthen the background of Early
Childhood Development teachers to enable them to provide the cognitive, emotional, social and moral development that young leaders need
Purpose
To train and retrain adults an equip them for a stable career
address the unemployment and the resultant poverty problem
Language & cultural differences