World IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : Mandela, De Klerk Back School Reform
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela and South African President Frederik W. de Klerk agreed in Cape Town that the country’s segregated school system needs a radical overhaul. They also agreed to form a joint committee to work toward equal education. The committee is expected to make recommendations within six weeks. A segregated education system, a feature of more than four decades of white minority rule, has resulted in black students receiving inferior facilities and suffering high failure rates.
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