Ntokozo Ndwandwe

• University of South Africa

In a developing country like South Africa, the quality of education has a pivotal role in eliminating poverty and bringing about economic transformation. This constitutes the central goal of the National Development Plan. However, research has consistently demonstrated that providing quality education is linked to the availability or the absence of...

Peace education as part of the school curriculum can transform school functioning by equipping learners with conflict resolution skills. Currently peace education is not part of the existing curriculum in South Africa. Literature indicates that peace education can be appropriately integrated into the compulsory subject, Life Orientation (LO), in So...

Peace education is the basis for global peace and a prerequisite for attaining sustainable development and global goals. Considering the widespread physical and structural violence and destructive protests across South African higher education, it is crucial to embrace peace education to deal with violence in all its forms. This article explores th...

Parental involvement is recognised as a significant factor in education globally. However, evidence suggests a scarcity of research focusing on parental involvement in education of vulnerable children in South Africa. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the perspectives of house parents at Sunshine Haven Children’s Home regarding parental involv...

Purpose This research aimed to assess the leadership role of principals in the implementation of peace education in selected secondary schools in the Western Cape, South Africa. Design/methodology/approach This study employed qualitative research approach to assess the leadership role of principals in the implementation of peace education in selec...

Parents are broadly acknowledged to be essential partners in the schooling process of their children, with parental involvement being linked to positive impact on academic achievement. Regrettably, poor parental involvement remains significate and an unfortunate challenge in South African schools, as well as a contributing factor to high failure ra...

The aim of this study was to discuss issues of school-based violence and how some secondary schools have been able to achieve relative peace. Framed by the Integrative Peace Theory, the study provided answers to three research questions. The qualitative research design was employed, and data was collected with semi-structured interviews and focus g...

Complexities surround the social inclusion and socioeconomic independence of people who are deaf and/or hard of hearing (DHH). The socioeconomic challenges faced by the DHH have been exposed globally over the years and their experience of socioeconomic discrepancies in Nigeria as well as other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa is well documented in l...

Parental involvement is widely considered an important aspect of children's educational success, and even more so with children with chronic diseases. However, research indicates that poor parental involvement is the biggest challenge in South African schools, and little attention has been given to identifying barriers to the parent's involvement i...

Emergence of COVID-19 further exposed educational inequalities and epistemic injustices experienced by learners with disabilities (LwDs). COVID-19 presents additional challenges for teachers and LwDs whose life and active learning engagements depends largely on social interaction. While the lockdown persisted, teachers of LwDs became anxious about...

Schools in South Africa became more diverse with the emergence of democratic rule in 1994. Multicultural education was introduced as a strategy to bring various ethnic groups together and to grant them a platform where they could share their beliefs and cultural experiences towards a better understanding of each other and for the betterment of thei...

This study aimed to assess the contributory roles of parental involvement (PI), parental acceptance/rejection (PAR), academic self-efficacy (ASE), computer user self-efficacy (CUSE) vis-à-vis gender and the onset of deafness on the academic resilience (AR) of deaf learners who participated in e-learning during the pandemic. The Bioecological System...