South African schooling divides into Foundation, Intermediate, and Senior phases

Evidence

Foundation Phase in the South African context refers to Grade R to Grade 3. The other two phases are the Intermediate Phase (Grades 4–6) and Senior Phase (Grades 7–12). — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 172

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines South Africa’s three school phases and their grade spans.
• XREF: connects to: Colonial schools imposed age-graded time alien to traditional education — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 498; Schools serve as the machinery that manufactures differentiated intellectual strata

Broader Connections

• Schools serve as the machinery that manufactures differentiated intellectual strata #expands (0.75)
• Colonial schools imposed age-graded time alien to traditional education #expands (0.70) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 498