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Tong, Sebusang Sophia 2015-12-16T14:13:27Z 2015-12-16T14:13:27Z 2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15662 Thesis (M.Ed) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2010 The purpose of this research project is to determine empirically the roles of principals as instructional leaders. Ever since a new educational era started in the new South Africa, schools cannot afford to be led by ignorant school principals. For schools to be efficient, instructional leadership roles have to be defined and each role should be carried out diligently. Success in schools can only be realised if school principals are capable of implementing the school curriculum according to instructional leadership principles. The tasks of instructional leadership have to be streamlined. The school principal must concentrate on the most important and key functions of his work. This approach would lead to the realisation of the school vision and mission Both quantitative and qualitative research paradigms and methodologies were used for gathering data from eighty-four public schools in the Setla-Kgobi Area Project Office of the Central Region in the North-West Province. Participating schools were randomly selected. The sample consisted of forty-two schools (thirty primary schools, six middle schools, six secondary schools) and eight randomly selected teachers from each school were used in the study to answer questionnaires. Nine school Principals or Deputy Principals from Setla-Kgobi Area Project Office (i.e:- three primary schools, three middle schools and three secondary schools Principals or Deputy Principals) were purposefully used in the study to answer interview questions A quantitative approach was used to quantitatively analyse derived data. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was employed with the help of the statistical consultant of the North-West University. The computation of percentages, mean, standard deviation and Chi-square was conducted. Secondly, a qualitative descriptive approach was used to analyse data that was qualitatively gathered. A Textually Oriented Data Analysis (TODA) strategy was adopted in this regard. The findings exposed that principals were not effectively fulfilling their roles of instructional leadership. The findings also revealed that principals were not monitoring and moderating the quality of education that students were getting from teachers. Principals were found to be ineffective and they failed to plan their work adequately. Recommendations given by the participants suggest that there is need for principals to be more focused. They .also need to have a vision and mission statement for their schools. More energy should be directed at monitoring the quality of learning and teaching that takes place in schools. Participants reflected a poor picture of principals as instructional leaders. More effort should be put into the students' instructional achievement, teacher motivation, supervision of training and the use of external subject experts. Whole curriculum evaluation should be earned out regularly at every school, so as to provide feedback to students and teachers. Principals should have checklists that will guide them towards the realisation of their aims and objectives Masters en School supervision School principals An investigation into the roles of principals as instructional leaders in the Setla-Kgobi area project office of the central region in the North West Thesis open.access