LATIN SELF-STUDY AND TEACHING TEXTS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS

Abstract

With the present state of flux in education, Latin teaching has been placed under greater pressures than ever before. Yet almost in every centre, even in areas where Latin has been phased out because of "rationalisation", pupils and their parents approach the universities for advice on private tutoring in Latin. At the same time there is a market that was consistently neglected in the South African school system. There has to date been a National Examination, which fell under the former Department of Education and Training of the House of Assembly, which was annually taken by private candidates, some candidates from a few "Black" schools which offer Latin, and some from independent or correspondence colleges. Most, but not all, were students from traditionally "Black" areas, where Latin is not generally taught.