| dc.description.abstract | The challenges facing School Governing Bodies in the Zeerust APO.
The purpose of this study was to determine from literature the nature and scope of school
governance and to determine empirically the challenges facing the School Governing
Bodies when performing their duties.
The subjects of the study were SGB members (chairpersons, principals, no-educator
members, and educator representatives). The responses of 120 respondents were
analysed. The findings revealed that the SGB's are having challenges in areas like
developing school policies, suspending and recommending expulsion of learners,
handling legal issues of the school, visiting school regularly, making alternatives for
learners during teacher unions strikes, pregnancy in schools, creating a safe environment,
prevention of drug abuse, and time and workload.
On the basis of the challenges identified from the literature and empirical study, the study
recommends that regular training of SGB' s with specific reference to SASA (1996)
should be done. This training should be informed by the needs of the SGB's and the
language the SGB members understand best should be used both in the materials and
during the training sessions. | en_US |
