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The role of leadership in addressing learner enrolment decline in two Eastern Cape rural junior secondary schools : SMTs perspective.
(2016) Gogo, Desmond Monde.; Mthembu, Pinkie Euginia.; Makhasane, Sekitla Daniel.
This qualitative study explored learner enrolment decline and the perspectives of SMTs regarding their leadership role in addressing learner enrolment decline in two Eastern Cape rural junior secondary. Learner enrolment decline has an impact on the number of teachers that are to be employed in schools. A case study was conducted in two Eastern Cape rural junior secondary schools in Flagstaff town. The participants were SMTs of both rural junior secondary schools. This study was located in the interpretive paradigm. Documents reviewed and semi-structured interviews constitute the research instruments for data generation. This study was framed by Weitzel and Jonsson’s (1989) model of organisational decline and Transformational Leadership Theory. Local, continental and globally scholastic works, on the research topic, were interrogated to seek insights into the progress so far made and determine the agenda to the explored phenomenon of learner enrolment decline. The analysis and discussion of the generated data showed that learner enrolment decline in two Eastern Cape rural junior secondary schools was caused by a myriad of factors such as the following: teacher absenteeism, incompetence of teachers, shortage of teachers , dearth of learner leadership, poverty, lack of resources and migration. The following were the recommendations of the study based on the findings and conclusions: It was suggested that SMTs should initiate leadership workshops within the school. They should invite departmental officials to facilitate them. SMT members should stimulate learners, teachers, parents and other stakeholders to be creative and innovative in addressing learner enrolment decline in those two participant schools. It was suggested that SMT members should empower themselves by initiating conflict management workshops as to alleviate conflict among themselves and their subordinates. Fund raising committee should be established as to raise fund to assist in providing some of the resources such as electricity and water. Recycling should also be promoted so as to improvise for the schools. SMT members should empower teachers and learners with skills of recycling old materials. Technology as a learning area should be enhanced so that learners can be taught to design commodities that can be sold as to alleviate poverty. Learners and the community should be educated on the importance of education. Parental involvement should be promoted. Curriculum should be enhanced. The purpose of the study was to explore SMTs perspectives of their leadership roles pertaining to learner enrolment decline in two Eastern Cape rural junior secondary school. Implications for further study were to do a comparative study of learner enrolment decline phenomenon across districts and provinces including an increased sample size, sample population and time.
Successful leadership practices of School Management Team members: a multiple case study of selected rural secondary schools=Imisebenzi yobuholi obunempumelelo yamalungu eThimba Elilawula iSikole: Ucwaningonto oluphindekile lwezikole zasemakhaya ezikhethiwe zamabanga aphezulu .
(2022) Gogo, Desmond Monde.; Bhengu, Thamsanqa Thulani.; Mkhize, Bongani Nhlanhla Cyril Kenneth.
The study sought to examine successful leadership practices and how these practices are locally enacted by SMT members in rural secondary schools in the O. R. Tambo Coastal District in the Eastern Cape. Moreover, the study seeks to understand how these successful leadership practices are ‘practicalised’ in different contexts and how negative environmental challenges that hinder success are mitigated thereof. Furthermore, this study seeks to understand the complexities and intricacies surrounding leadership practices in trying school contexts. The study was qualitative and interpretive in nature and employed semi-structured interviews to generate data. The study was focused on four research sites which were purposively sampled from rural secondary schools. Interpretive data analysis was used in this study which emphasised the need for the researcher to stay close to the data so as to interpret it from a position of thorough understanding of the School Management Team members’ leadership practices. This study is framed on Instructional Leadership Theory Model by Hallinger (2011) and Adaptive Leadership Theory. The study found out that leadership practices in rural secondary schools laid emphasis on school-community integration and maintained close relationship with the traditional leaders. Also, the study found that School Management Team members describe and explain successful leadership practices among other things as a way whereby the newly appointed Principals physically go to Traditional leaders as to introduce themselves as additional members to the communities where Traditional leaders are residing. Among other things, this study reveals the importance of the enhanced collaboration between the schools and various stakeholders and accountability. This study also found that, in enhancing collaboration between the school and various stakeholders, the schools among other things initiated a strategy of accounting to Traditional leaders quarterly for learner results in terms of learner academic performance. As a result, learner academic performance improved in the participating schools. Iqoqa Ucwaningo luhlose ukuhlola ukusebenza okunempumelelo kobuholi nokuthi lezi zindlelakusebenza ezisungulwe ezindaweni zasemakhaya amalungu e-SMT ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu eSifundeni sase-OR Tambo Coastal District eMpumalanga Kapa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ucwaningo lufuna ukuqonda ukuthi imisebenzi yobuholi obunempumelelo ‘okwenzekayo’ ezingqikithini ezehlukene nezinselelo zezendawo ezingezinhle ezinqinda impumelelo ziyabhekwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lolu cwaningo lufuna ukuqonda ubunkimbi nezinzulumininingo ezingena ebuholini obuzungezile ezingqikithini zesikole ezikhathazayo. Ucwaningo lunomumo wekhwalithethivu futhi lungoluchazayo lwaphinde lwasebenzisa izimposambuzo ezihlelwe-ngokungaphelele ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu zasezindaweni zasemakhaya. Ukuhlaziya imininingo echazayo kwasetshenziswa kulolu cwaningo kwagcizelela isidingo sokuba umcwaningi asebenzise imininingo ukuze ihunyushwe ngasohlangothini lokuqonda ngokuphelele ngemisebenzi yobuholi yamalungu eThimba eliPhethe iSikole. Lolu cwaningo lusebenzise i-Instructional Leadership Theory Model ka-Hallinger (2011) kanye ne-Adaptive Leadership Theory. Ucwaningo luthole ukuthi okwenziwa ngokobuholi ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu zasezindaweni zasemakhaya kwagcizelela ekudidiyeleni umumo wesikole somphakathi lwase luba nobudlelwane obunokusondelana nabaholi beNdabuko. Okunye, ucwaningo lwathola ukuthi amalungu eThimba eLilawula iSikole achaza izindlelakwenza zobuholi obunempumelelo phakathi kokunye njengendlela lapho oThishanhloko abasanda kuqashwa beya bona siqu kubaholi beNdabuko ukuze bazethule njengamalungu engeziwe emiphakathini lapho kuhlala khona abaholi beNdabuko. Kwezinye izinto, lolu cwaningo luveza ukubaluleka kokubambisana okuphucukile phakathi kwezikole nabanesabelo abehlukene nokuziphendulela. Lolu cwaningo lwaphinda lwathola ukuthi ukuphucula ukubambisana phakathi kwesikole nabanesabelo abehlukene, izikole phakathi kokunye zaqalisa umqondosu wokuziphendulela kubaholi beNdabuko ngemiphumela yabafundi ngokuhambisana nokusebenza komfundi ezifundweni. Ngenxa yalokho, kwaphucula ukusebenza kwabafundi ezifundweni ezikoleni ezibambe iqhaza.