Social Justice, Policy and Parents’ Understanding of their Voice in School Governing Bodies in South Africa

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ID10106313
AuthorsVusi Mncube (0000-0003-2103-2530, corresponding author), Vusi S Mncube
Year2007
Volume39
Issue2
Pages129-143
Publication date2007-06-06
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Educational Administration & History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0620 • E-ISSN: 1478-7431
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00220620701342395
OpenAlexW2013205419
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Despite the powers that parents are endowed with regarding governance of schools in South Africa, they are not yet given sufficient room and space to deliberate on issues of school governance; instead they are still excluded by some teaching staff who deny them (explicitly or implicitly) from taking part in crucial decisions affecting education of their children. There are still issues excluding parents from participation in school governing bodies, namely: the lack of clear demarcation between the roles of the teaching staff and those of the school governing body (SGB), lack of time, lack of confidence from some parents, transport problems which result in non‐attendance of SGB meetings by some parents, poor communication of information, lack of training which results in lack of knowledge of the Act and roles and responsibilities, the language barrier, and the high turnover rate of governors as parents have to leave the SGB as soon as his/her child leaves the school. The findings of this research partly concur with Karlsson, who also found that SGBs perpetuate rather than prevent the apartheid‐era inequalities of race, gender and social class. Despite these discrepancies, the study found that SGBs operate according to the general intentions of the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 and also help spread democracy in the school and to the wider society of South Africa

Attendance · Corporate governance · Democracy · Economic Justice · Inequality · Management · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion · Educational Practices and Policies · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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