Treading a delicate tightrope :: a principal balancing between education and political change during turbulent times /

"When Mike Burton became the principal of All Saints College in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, little did he know about the journey on which he was embarking. Very soon after taking up the position, Mike realised that the vision of the founding organisation was becoming irrelevant a...

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Main Author: Burton, Mike, 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Makhanda, South Africa : NISC (Pty) Ltd, 2022
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"When Mike Burton became the principal of All Saints College in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, little did he know about the journey on which he was embarking. Very soon after taking up the position, Mike realised that the vision of the founding organisation was becoming irrelevant as education and politics converged, reaching a crisis point in the second half of the 1980s. Mike found himself walking the tightrope between the expectations of the funders on the one hand and those of the students and community on the other. Matters reached a tipping point and Mike had to make a decision. As 'Comrade Mike' he elected that the interests of the students and the community take precedence. Mike chose education AND liberation."--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages ) : illustrations, portraits
ISBN:9781920033842
192003384X
9781920033910
1920033912

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