ABSTRACT
Black education has generally been one of the main concerns in the policy of The Republic of South Africa on change, and is articulated in various White Papers in terms of “equality”, “parity”, “equal access” and “equal standards”. Various research topics have been identified, and the inservice upgrading of black teachers' qualification is of paramount importance simply because equality, parity, equal access and equal standards in education are to a large extent determined by the teaching ability of teachers. This chapter reports on the major findings, and provides some insight into the problems of inservice teacher training, albeit from a certain perspective and within a specific context. Ninety-three percent of all respondents were unconditionally in favour of English as the language medium of instruction in all schools. Under-utilized colleges and comparable institutions reserved for white teacher trainees must also be used to offer part-time upgrade programs for black teachers.
