Institutionalized Learners in South Africa: A crisis or Not Singh Rishan* Association for Commonwealth Universities, London, United Kingdom *Corresponding Author: Rishan Singh, Association for Commonwealth Universities, London, United Kingdom, E-mail: rshnsingh1@yahoo.com or rshnsingh1@webmail.co.za
Online published on 2 July, 2019. Abstract Although institutionalized learners are common abroad, in South Africa, the concern about learners isn't too heartfelt. However, interventions within rehabilitation facilities are either updated, or improved, by understanding such learners, in order to satisfy their parents. There are many advantages and downfalls encountered from institutionalized learners, because often the severity of the illnesses, or medical conditions, is the main cause for the positive, or negative, impact institutionalized learners have on their parents. Since parents send their children to rehabilitation facilities, involving private and boarding-schools, for their studies, they often consider it an investment because learners are reformed once they leave (and enter other institutions). These learners interact with ordinary school-going learners (at the same level); however, the acquisition of knowledge from each other is often disproportional due to many factors. One of these factors is the confined environment of rehabilitation facilities, and the fact that learners would trust their classroom educators. However, irrespective of whether a learner has reformed, or not, their parents are usually encouraged to seek interventions for their child's/children's future development. In South Africa, it is thus difficult to delineate the problems with institutionalized learners; from positive and negative scenarios. Top Keywords Institutionalized, Condition, Medication, Intervention, Parents, Social-Workers, Costs, Motivation, Success. Top |