A Christian ethos in South African Public Schools: The Child's Voice

The Organisation for Religious Education and Democracy brought an Order to the Court indicating that public schools in South Africa, i.e. Randhart, Baanbreker, Garsfontein, Linden, Oudtshoorn, and Langenhoven Gimnasium, which all bear the resemblance of being Afrikaans schools with a Christian ethos, are in breach of the National Policy on Religion and Education published under GN 1307 in GG 25459 of 12 September 2003, in terms of Section 3(4)(1) of the National Education Policy Act 27 of 1996; and that the schools are unconstitutional in that they infringe or have the effect of infringing one or more of the constitutional rights of the pupils of the schools. This study aimed to explore the learner child's voice within a public school with regards to their opinion's and perspectives of attending a public school in South Africa with a Christian ethos.