Mduduzi Biyase
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Is the export-led growth hypothesis valid for African countries? An application of panel data approach
Mduduzi Biyase , Talent Zwane -
The relationship between growth and employment in South Africa: structural vector autoregressive analysis
Mduduzi Biyase , Lumengo Bonga-Bonga -
Economic growth and government expenditures in Africa: panel data analysis
Mduduzi Biyase , Talent Zwane -
A simple analysis of the effect of the child support grant on school enrolment in South Africa
Mduduzi Biyase doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/pmf.05(1).2016.02This paper studies the impact of the child support grant on school enrolment in South Africa. It is based on the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) data set for South Africa for the year 2008. Using the probit model, the author find some encouraging evidence to suggest that indeed the child support grant helps in the way of improving school enrolment in South Africa. More specifically, the author found that the child support grant increases school enrolment by about 10 percentage points
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Educational reforms and curriculum transformation in post-apartheid South Africa
Vusi Gumede , Mduduzi Biyase doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ee.07(2).2016.7Educational reforms and curriculum transformation have been a priority in South Africa since the establishment of the Government of National Unity in 1994. Education is critical in redressing the injustices of apartheid colonialism which created an inequitable and fragmented education system. Factors such as school access, governance, curriculum, teacher deployment and financial resources have also gone through the education policy mill. While relatively impressive progress is observed regarding legislative interventions, policy development, curriculum reform and the implementation of new ways of delivering education, many challenges remain. Key among the challenges relates to the quality of education, twenty two years since the dawn of democracy. To contribute to the debate on educational reforms and pertaining to the quality of education, the paper discusses the various curriculum reforms of South Africa’s education sector and provides a brief evaluation of the trends in policies affecting equity and quality in the South African education environment. The paper finds that the quality of education is critical for many reasons