The development and implementation of School Governance Policy in South African Schools Act (SASA) and the Western Cape Provincial School Education Act (WCPSA)
Abstract
This study was initiated while the researcher was still an educator at a secondary school in Cape Town, South Africa. This was the period of the mid-1990s soon after the first democratically elected government assumed power in South Africa: During this period of transition, large-scale reforms were expected on', the, education- front. Educational management and specifically school management were an integral part of these reforms. In terms of school management the idea of parents taking. on a greater role was receiving wide support. School governing bodies (SGBs) comprising various constituencies and with greater powers were supposed to be the instruments spearheading change III school management. This study traverses three levels of policy development: national, provincial, and local (that is, school). It seeks to understand how school governance policy is developed and implemented using the principle of contestation to guide the analysis. The following questions guided the research: What were the contestations that led to the development of school governance policy at the national level? How was provincial school governance policy developed from national policy and what were the areas of contention between the two? What were the contestations resulting from the implementation of school governance policy at the school level?
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