Stakeholders’ perspectives regarding parental involvement in governance and schooling in Hlabisa circuit schools

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dc.contributor.authorNtuli, Bonginkosi Abraham
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-01T14:32:09Z
dc.date.available2018-08-01T14:32:09Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Education in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters Of Education in the Department of Foundations Of Education at the University Of Zululand, 2018en_US
dc.description.abstractThe literature reveals that if schools lack parental involvement, effective management suffers significantly causing shortcomings in school governance and academic progress. The literature also shows that there exists a relationship between parental involvement and learner‟s academic achievements. It provides that learners whose parents care about their academic progress are likely to perform well on academic activities because such parents often communicate their wishes to children. This study is aimed at investigating stakeholders‟ perspectives on parental involvement in governance and schooling in Hlabisa Circuit schools. The theoretical framework from Epstein‟s theory of overlapping spheres of influence was used but not confined thereto; therefore, supporting theories relevant to this study were also applied. This study used a mixed methods research paradigm which integrates qualitative and quantitative designs as this approach provides convenience for data collection. The data was collected from respondents (educators and SGB members) using questionnaires and interviews. The research findings revealed that due to poor parental involvement in school governance, learners have developed errant behaviour. This emerging trend has triggered poor academic performance which taints the name of the school and the circuit in general. The results also show that if parents are inactive in school governance, poor academic performance is likely owing to the lack of parental guidance. The empirical findings noted educators‟ challenges on attendance of parent meetings, classroom management, learner discipline, effective school management, academic challenges and performance, accessibility of schools, parenting role, stakeholder communication, as well as curriculum and school-work. The SGB members noted challenges on effective involvement in leadership; instructional leadership; behavioural challenges in schools; management of school as an institution; shortcomings on academic resources provision; unemployment, poverty and school remoteness; parental obligations; home-school partnerships; and monitoring of the child‟s academic progress. The study concluded that parental involvement in school governance is not effective and therefore cripples the effect it should be having on schooling, which is academic performance in this context. The study ultimately recommends that SASA, NEPA, SACE and other relevant policies in education should be reviewed to enforce educators‟ authority in schools.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/1657
dc.publisherUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.subjectparental involvement --schooling --governanceen_US
dc.titleStakeholders’ perspectives regarding parental involvement in governance and schooling in Hlabisa circuit schoolsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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