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Ogbonnaya, Ugorji I.; Awuah, Francis K. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2019
There is some disparity in the quality of education among the various races and provinces in South Africa. Since the dawn of democracy in 1994, the government has tried to bridge the gap using quintile categorisation of public schools and its concomitant funding. The categorisation is based on the socioeconomic status of the community in which the…
Descriptors: Reputation, Institutional Evaluation, Grade 12, High School Students
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Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Borman, Geoffrey – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: A main objective of the Equality of Educational Opportunity Survey (EEOS), conducted in 1965, was to document the lack of availability of equal educational opportunities for minority students in public schools. Another equally important objective was to reveal specific inequalities in facilities and resources available to…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Equal Education, Educational Objectives, Family Characteristics