Challenges facing school governing bodies in the implementation of finance policies in the Vhembe District
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Authors
Ndou, Nndwamato
Issue Date
2012-03
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
School Governing Body , Finance policies , Implementation , School fund , Legislation , Budgeting , Induction , Responsibilities , Approval , Income , Expenditure , Monitoring , Auditing , Norms and standards , Funding , Quintiles
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Abstract
The study focused on the challenges facing school governing bodies in the Vhembe district in the implementation of finance policies. Through the provision of the South African Schools Act, 84 of 1996, the school governing body is entrusted with the responsibilities of establishing and managing the school fund. The research was a multi-site case study of the Vhembe district. Purposive sampling of schools was conducted. Semi-structured interviews, observations and document analyses were carried out. The findings suggest that the finance personnel and committees at school level were not well established, trained and thus became dysfunctional. The researcher recommends that finance policies should be amended, finance committees trained and continuous monitoring of finances provided by the circuit and district officials. The study was also characterized by a number of limitations, including difficulties in understanding financial terminology by some participants and fear of handing in financial documents for examination.
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Citation
Ndou, Nndwamato (2012) Challenges facing school governing bodies in the implementation of finance policies in the Vhembe District, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/7039>