Parent's understanding of their school governance roles : perceptions of the school management teams (SMTs) and parents.
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2008
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Abstract
The study investigated perceptions of the School Management Teams (SMTs) and
parents in the School Governing Bodies (SGBs) regarding the parents understanding
of their roles. The South African Schools Act, 84 of 1996, provided all public schools
with powers to run the schools through the SGBs. As an educator and the member of
the SMT, I have observed that most governance roles are performed by the Principal
and staff in the schools, hence conducted this study. The study was a multi-site case
study of three primary schools of Ndwedwe circuit. To collect data the study used
three instruments, namely interviews, observation and document analysis.
The findings of the study revealed that parents in the School Governing Bodies are
not coping with their many roles as they are stipulated by SASA due to their low
levels of literacy. Besides illiteracy it seems parents in the SGBs lack information
regarding their roles. The study recommends that parents in the SGBs must kept
informed, trained and encouraged to upgrade their literacy levels to cope in their
governance roles
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Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2008.
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School board-superintendent relationships--KwaZulu-Natal., Theses--Education.