This book provides a narrative account of the experiences of twenty
former scholarship students from historically disadvantaged
communities who attended elite public and private secondary
schools. It draws on in-depth, one-on-one semi-structured
interviews conducted with former scholarship recipients who were
between the ages of 19 and 24 years at the time of the interviews.
Various themes are explored, specifically focusing on elite
schooling in relation to the experiences and navigational practices
of the scholarship recipients and the adjustments that they felt
they needed to make in order to fit into the elite school space.The
book analyses and discusses the reflective experiences of students
who were awarded a scholarship to attend an elite secondary school.
It reveals that accepting the gift of a scholarship is far more
complex, multi-layered, and at times harsh and even painful for the
individual recipients than is possibly realized by those involved
in this practice. This book contributes to academic educational
debates within the sociology of education, elite schools and
schooling in the post-apartheid South African context.
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