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Samantha Kriger is a Lecturer in Education at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) with 27 years of teaching experience in South African schools. Her academic work focuses on the intersection of educational policy, race, and socioeconomic factors in school admissions processes.
Her research interests center on teacher education, curriculum development, and teaching practice within diverse school contexts. Kriger has conducted significant research on how school admissions systems in South Africa, particularly in formerly white 'Model C' schools, maintain racial and socioeconomic segregation through subtle gatekeeping mechanisms. Her work examines how factors like language requirements, feeder school systems, parental profiling, and early 'lock-in' practices create barriers for Black, Coloured, and Indian students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
Through her analysis of school admissions data and qualitative research with 30 historically white primary schools in Cape Town's southern suburbs, Kriger has documented how ostensibly race-neutral policies perpetuate educational inequality. She argues that while South Africa's constitution and education policies mandate non-discrimination, the reality shows that access to elite public schools remains stratified by social capital and economic status.
Kriger has served as a research collaborator, media resource, and educational consultant. Her work has significant implications for policy makers seeking to create more equitable educational systems in post-apartheid South Africa. She has collaborated with prominent education scholar Jonathan Jansen, co-authoring the book 'Who Gets In and Why' which examines school admissions practices.
