HED4806
ASSIGNMENT 4
2025 (Answer
Guide)
QUESTIONS WITH 100%
VERIFIED AND
CERTIFIED ANSWERS.
, 1|Page
HED4806 ASSIGNMENT 4 2025 (Answer Guide)
VERIFIED AND CERTIFIED ANSWERS. WRITTEN IN REQUIRED FORMAT AND WITHIN
GIVEN GUIDELINES. IT IS GOOD TO USE AS A GUIDE AND FOR REFERENCE, NEVER
PLAGARIZE. Thank you and success in your academics.
UNISA, 2025
Contents
SECTION A ................................................................................................................................................. 2
2. The difference in the aims and objectives of education in India during the colonial
period and after independence ........................................................................................................ 2
3. The debate about the nature of formal education in India ................................................... 3
4. Was India right to reject Mahatma Gandhi’s basic-schooling approach? ....................... 3
5. How the slow structural change in the Indian economy affected education .................. 5
6. Challenges in the Indian education system and their implications for less affluent
citizens .................................................................................................................................................... 6
SECTION B – Tanzania: Education for Self-Reliance and Non-Formal Education ................. 7
1. ESR Policy’s Criticism of Colonial Education ......................................................................... 7
2. Challenges of the Education-for-Self-Reliance (ESR) Policy............................................... 8
3. The Development of Non-Formal Education in Tanzania and Its Purpose ...................... 9
SECTION C – Language, Culture, and Curriculum in South African Education ................... 11
1. Interpretation of the Term “Mother Tongue” and Its Relevance in Education .............. 11
4.1. How the Medium of Instruction Impacts Educational Success in South African
Schools ................................................................................................................................................. 12
References ............................................................................................................................................... 13
ASSIGNMENT 4
2025 (Answer
Guide)
QUESTIONS WITH 100%
VERIFIED AND
CERTIFIED ANSWERS.
, 1|Page
HED4806 ASSIGNMENT 4 2025 (Answer Guide)
VERIFIED AND CERTIFIED ANSWERS. WRITTEN IN REQUIRED FORMAT AND WITHIN
GIVEN GUIDELINES. IT IS GOOD TO USE AS A GUIDE AND FOR REFERENCE, NEVER
PLAGARIZE. Thank you and success in your academics.
UNISA, 2025
Contents
SECTION A ................................................................................................................................................. 2
2. The difference in the aims and objectives of education in India during the colonial
period and after independence ........................................................................................................ 2
3. The debate about the nature of formal education in India ................................................... 3
4. Was India right to reject Mahatma Gandhi’s basic-schooling approach? ....................... 3
5. How the slow structural change in the Indian economy affected education .................. 5
6. Challenges in the Indian education system and their implications for less affluent
citizens .................................................................................................................................................... 6
SECTION B – Tanzania: Education for Self-Reliance and Non-Formal Education ................. 7
1. ESR Policy’s Criticism of Colonial Education ......................................................................... 7
2. Challenges of the Education-for-Self-Reliance (ESR) Policy............................................... 8
3. The Development of Non-Formal Education in Tanzania and Its Purpose ...................... 9
SECTION C – Language, Culture, and Curriculum in South African Education ................... 11
1. Interpretation of the Term “Mother Tongue” and Its Relevance in Education .............. 11
4.1. How the Medium of Instruction Impacts Educational Success in South African
Schools ................................................................................................................................................. 12
References ............................................................................................................................................... 13
