SA's education system is often described as being in crisis. A recent claim suggests 80% of schools could be 'dysfunctional'. Africa Check looked at the evidence South Africa’s “dysfunctional” educational system is one of seven ways in which the country’s government “abuses black people”.This was argued by the deputy chief executive of the Afrikaner civil-rights organisation AfriForum, Ernst Roets, in a Mail & Guardian article published earlier this month.“It is no secret that black children suffer more when it comes to education, because the most dysfunctional schools are those in the townships,” he wrote, adding: “[The basic education minister] has admitted that about 80% of South African schools are dysfunctional.”But is it true that only a small percentage of South African schools can be considered “functional”?The source of the claimRoets told Africa Check that his claim was based on an Economist article from 2012 which stated that “[t]he education minister herself admits that ...
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