- Title
- Investigating the Role of the Representative Council of Learners in the School Governing Body
- Creator
- Rufinus Marumo Nakin
- Description
- ABSTRACT The purpose of the study undertaken at five schools in South Africa was to investigate the role of the Representative Council of Learners on School Governing Bodies in the Bizana District (Eastern Cape). The researcher conducted this research because little had been written about the role of RCLs on School Governing Bodies at South African schools. This was a qualitative study in which a multiple case study approach was used. The researcher collected data from the five schools using document analysis, observations and interviews. Observations of the proceedings were undertaken during the SGB meetings. Unstructured interviews, with a small purposive sampling of informants, supplemented the data obtained from the observations. All data collected in this way were analyzed, discussed and synthesized. There were five learners from each school, three parents from each school, two educators from each school and one principal from each school. There were a total of fifty-five participants. The findings were that RCLs are at present not playing their roles effectively on School Governing Bodies. They are often not included in some of the SGB meetings and thus contribute to their ineffectiveness. The researcher therefore recommended that RCLs should be included at all SGB meetings so as play their roles effectively in representing their fellow learners on SGBs and that further research be undertaken regarding the role of RCLs on School Governing Bodies in South Africa. The researcher is also of the view that formal structures, each with a code of conduct, need to be re-visited and instituted in order to capacitate RCLs. Workshops in this regard are also a recommendation. Key words: School Governing Body, Representative Council of Learners, role, decision making, involvement, democratic principles.
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Masters
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2830
- Identifier
- vital:42961
- Format
- Contributor
- M.M. JADEZWENI, J.M. MOLEPO
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Walter Sisulu University
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