The history of the Teachers Association of South Africa and the role it played in the development of education for Indians in South Africa

Background: A teachers' association is essentially a society, the members of which are united by mutual interests or for a ccmnon purpose. A teachers' association performs its business in terms of what it is specifically required to do. What its specific tasks are arise out of the individual and the collective needs of its members. The needs are generally deep-seated and deep felt. When an association plays a conspicuous part in need fulfilment, it establishes for itself a role. A teachers' association is generally characterised by the role or roles it plays. A teachers' association is basically an autonanous or semiautonanous interest group which has an historical background. The historical background implies that the formation of a teachers' association was in terms of certain social and/ or econanic factors and/or political factors. It is difficult to find any well-recognised teachers' association which has not been born out of all three factors operating simultaneously. In our country the provincial teachers' associations for blacks, coloureds and whites are typical of associations that have been formed because of the socio-econanic status of and the political dispensations for their respective members. Teachers' associations in other countries have also been influenced by the above and other factors.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of the Western Cape

Year dc:date.issued

1986

Author dc:creator

• Jack, Jonathan Rajmangal

• Teachers' Association
• Society
• Ccmnon Purpose
• Historical Background
• Autonanous

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