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Management of infrastructure in non-fee-paying schools in a selected South African province
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/91441 Management of infrastructure in non-fee-paying schools in a selected South African province Du Plessis, Andre bongangema4@gmail.com Marishane, R.N. (Nylon) Ngema, Gerald Gideon Bonga UCTD Education Management Law and Policy Decentralisation in education Management functions theory Non-fee-paying schools Participatory governance theory School governance School infrastructure Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2023. Schools whose governing bodies only have Section 20 functions according to the South African Schools Act and are non-fee-paying-schools are disadvantaged in that they can only administer and control infrastructure but are not empowered to improve it. Non-fee-paying schools receive all their funds from the state, and these funds are ring-fenced to be spent on specific areas, of which maintenance of infrastructure is one. The question thus arises as to what happens if the funds allocated to a school are not sufficient to maintain the physical infrastructure of the school. The primary aim of this research study was therefore to explore how infrastructure is managed in non-fee-paying schools in a selected South African province. This study is anchored on the management functions theory and participatory governance theory as its theoretical framework. This study employed a qualitative research approach with a case study design. The participants in the study were selected from six (6) primary and six (6) secondary non-fee-paying schools, and from four (4) district offices in the selected province. The individual participants in this study included twelve (12) school principals and twelve (12) school governing body chairpersons from the twelve (12) participating non-fee-paying schools, and eight (8) infrastructure-attached officials, two (2) from each participating district office. To this end, the data collection strategies included semi-structured interviews and document analysis. The findings suggest that the national Department of Basic Education and the provincial Department of Education have centralised the management of infrastructure in non-fee-paying schools. They are employing excessive bureaucratic management processes which are not only hampering the effective management of infrastructure in non-fee-paying schools but are also undermining the principles of participatory governance in these schools. This has resulted in the participating schools experiencing overwhelming infrastructure backlogs which are worsened by the insufficient funding to meet the infrastructure needs of non-fee-paying schools. Education Management and Policy Studies PhD Unrestricted 2023-07-14T08:56:22Z 2023-07-14T08:56:22Z 2023-09 2023 Thesis Ngema, G.B. 2023. Management of infrastructure in non-fee-paying schools in a selected South African province, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretora. This study explored how infrastructure is managed in non-fee-paying schools in a selected South African province through the lens of management functions theory and participatory governance theory. This study employed a qualitative research approach with a case study design. The participants in this study included twelve (12) school principals and twelve (12) school governing body chairpersons from the twelve (12) participating non-fee-paying schools, and eight (8) infrastructure-attached officials, two (2) from each district office. The data collection strategies included semi-structured interviews and document analysis. The study found that the national Department of Basic Education and the provincial Department of Education have centralised the management of infrastructure in non-fee-paying schools. They employ excessive bureaucratic management processes which do not only hamper the effective management of infrastructure in non-fee-paying schools, but also undermine the principles of participatory governance in these schools. This has resulted in the participating schools experiencing overwhelming infrastructure backlogs. S2023 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91441 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Education Management Law and Policy Decentralisation in education Management functions theory Non-fee-paying schools Participatory governance theory School governance School infrastructure Management of infrastructure in non-fee-paying schools in a selected South African province |
| title | Management of infrastructure in non-fee-paying schools in a selected South African province |
| title_full | Management of infrastructure in non-fee-paying schools in a selected South African province |
| title_fullStr | Management of infrastructure in non-fee-paying schools in a selected South African province |
| title_full_unstemmed | Management of infrastructure in non-fee-paying schools in a selected South African province |
| title_short | Management of infrastructure in non-fee-paying schools in a selected South African province |
| title_sort | management of infrastructure in non fee paying schools in a selected south african province |
| topic | UCTD Education Management Law and Policy Decentralisation in education Management functions theory Non-fee-paying schools Participatory governance theory School governance School infrastructure |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91441 |