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© 2022. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Abstract

Managing education during the pandemic in the Netherlands and South Africa: A comparative study. Optimism has reigned supreme for a long time regarding the potential of education (schooling) to address the many societal ailments that humankind has had to deal with. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 shifted all such aspirations to the back-burner. Now, after just more than a year after the initial outbreak of the pandemic, the question can be raised whether those who managed the pandemic in the educational context followed the correct policies and instituted the correct (ethical, moral) measures in combatting the pandemic. This comparison between the situation in the Netherlands and South Africa reveals that although the role-players in both countries had a good understanding of the situation and of their duties in such conditions, they tended to treat education as just another facet of society, thereby demonstrating a lack of empathy with the unique demands of education (schooling).

Contribution: In this article, the authors investigate the governance performance of two different countries during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic concerning education and judge that performance based on a Biblically driven ethical-moral-pedagogical framework.

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Title
Behartiging van het onderwijs in coronatijd in Nederland en Zuid-Afrika: een vergelijkende studie
Author
Broer, Nicolaas A  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; van der Walt, Johannes L.  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Wolhuter, Charl C  VIAFID ORCID Logo 
Section
Original Research: Scholarly Voices
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
ISSN
02599422
e-ISSN
20728050
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Afrikaans
ProQuest document ID
2629551342
Copyright
© 2022. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.