222 pages / Efforts have been made in this study to trace the developments of the Irreducible School Fund and the factors responsible for depriving the schools of the legacy bequeathed by far-seeing statesmen during the formative period of American development. An attempt has been made to analyse the errors of the past and to estimate the resultant losses to the public schools of Oregon. It is now apparent that what was once intended as substantial school aid actually has been a paltry "drop-in-the-bucket" relative to needs.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:38:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DissANAD.pdf: 1727816 bytes, checksum: 1a6e8ba6929b30ab970966a192c14265 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-14 / The low income of the illiterate population in Brazil was for a long time pointed as a consequence of its educational situation and cause of a gap between the highly sophisticated work market and a non qualified hand labor. The State, aiming to correct this disproportion through education, has started to create opportunities of access to education, targeting a better social justice level. The minimum income projects monetary help were not originally linked to the education. They used to target an income universal allocation in order to face unemployment and poverty. With time, the minimum income programs in Brazil have restricted the benefits supply to the families which had children in school age. The link between income and education was incorporated in order to join the idea that the State could not only furnish the benefit without no the beneficiary to learn anything from the process, as a counterpart. Besides that, that would be a way to make the education universal right possible, as it is determined by the Human Rights Declaration, Constitution, BDL and CTA. In São José do Rio Preto, one of the São Paulo State cities with better HDR (Human Development Rate) (0,834) and educational coverage in the country, the introduction of the School Fund Program had as its basis the same principles as the Federal Government School Fund Executive Program. The research evaluates and concludes the lack of any kind of special attendance to the families helped and the control, restricted only to the observing of the children frequency to school. Finally, through a questionnaire applied to the students, parents and teachers from Darcy Ribeiro City School and to the City Education Secretary we have evaluated the children school development before and after receiving the Fund, besides the idea the Education Secretary has towards the Program. / A baixa renda da população analfabeta no Brasil foi, durante muito tempo, indicada como conseqüência de sua situação educacional e causadora de uma defasagem entre um mercado de trabalho cada vez mais sofisticado e uma mão-de-obra não qualificada. Com o objetivo de corrigir essa desigualdade, o Estado, por meio da educação, passou a criar oportunidades de acesso à educação, garantindo uma melhor justiça social. Os projetos de renda mínima, originalmente, não vinculavam o benefício à educação, mas pretendiam uma alocação universal de renda, como enfrentamento do desemprego e da pobreza. Com o tempo, os programas de renda mínima, no Brasil, passaram a restringir o fornecimento dos benefícios às famílias que possuíam crianças em idade escolar fundamental. O vínculo entre renda e educação foi incorporado para atender a idéia de que o Estado não poderia simplesmente dar um benefício sem que o beneficiário aprendesse algo nesse processo, como contrapartida. Além disso, seria uma forma de possibilitar a universalização do direito à educação, como é previsto pela Declaração dos Direitos do Homem, Constituição e L.D.B. e E.C.A. Em São José do Rio Preto, uma das cidades do estado de São Paulo com melhores índices de IDH (0,834) e de cobertura educacional do país, a implantação do Programa Bolsa-Escola teve como base os mesmos princípios do Programa Executivo Bolsa-Escola do Governo Federal. A pesquisa investiga e constata a falta de qualquer tipo de acompanhamento especial das famílias atendidas e do controle, restrito apenas à aferição da freqüência das crianças às escolas. Finalmente, por meio de um questionário aplicado aos alunos, pais, professores da Escola Municipal Darcy Ribeiro e à Secretária da Educação do município, avaliamos o rendimento escolar dos alunos antes e depois do recebimento da Bolsa e a concepção da Secretária de Educação do município a respeito do Programa.

The need to transform education from its apartheid past resulted in the introduction of school governing bodies (SGBs). SGBs are democratic structures that allow for stakeholder participation in school matters in line with the demands of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. Section 21 of the South African Schools Act (SASA) (84 of 1996) stipulates specific functions for SGBs. These functions are allocated only on the basis of significant growth in the performance of an SGB. SGBs must apply to be allocated these functions, after satisfying themselves first that they can self–manage their school, and after the MEC has certified the said performance. Schools in the Mpumalanga province were all allocated these functions simultaneously without applying for them. One of the functions that SGBs perform is the establishment and administration of school funds. Because schools are state institutions, SGBs are expected by law to be accountable for the funds they manage. They must account to all stakeholders who contribute to the school fund. To be able to administer the funds, as well as to give proper accountability thereof, SGBs need to have particular financial management and accounting skills. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which SGBs are able to account to stakeholders for the school funds they manage. The study further investigated whether the kind of accountability given to parents and the state is “hard” or “soft”. A case study involving three schools: a rural school, a semi-urban school and an urban school, was conducted. SGB members of these schools and officials from the department of education were interviewed for information and also to solicit their opinion on current financial accountability processes. An analysis of official SGB documents was also conducted to strengthen the information gathered through interviews. It has emerged from the findings of the study that some SGBs in Mpumalanga are still experiencing difficulties in following the correct procedures in giving a financial account to parents and the state. There is an indication from the study that capacity to handle finances is still a big challenge for schools that are not in the rich quintile. / Dissertation (MEd (Education Management))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Education Management and Policy Studies / MEd / unrestricted

My entire career in lecturing and research in the field of financial management in education, have led to me becoming more and more intrigued by questions related to the amounts of money being spent on education and the performance of learners in the Senior Certificate Examination in public secondary schools in South Africa. The South African education system has changed dramatically since 1994 and is aimed at restoring the injustices of the past by providing equitable quality education. Despite many reforms our system is not rendering acceptable results as is evident from our participation in international and national tests (TIMSS, PIRLS, SACMEQ and ANA)2. Internationally UNESCO is driving the Educational for All campaign in an attempt to address issues related to quality education. The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between the funding of education and the quality of education in selected diverse top performing secondary schools in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The results of the sample schools in the National Senior Certificate examination was used as indicator of the quality of education provided. Towards this end, I have done multiple case study research in six schools selected using purposive and convenience sampling techniques. Semistructured interviews and document analysis were used to collect data. I found that there is a definite link between funding and the quality of education provided. This manifests itself in allowing schools to reduce class size by appointing additional teaching staff, access to technology and staff development. However, all the schools in the sample indicated that the crucial factor determining their success was their teachers! In addition to the role of the teachers, I found that structures created for and the manner in which academic performance was managed and parental involvement also played determining roles. Contrary to what was expected, the use of technology as teaching aid, although convenient, was not playing a decisive role. The research led to a much better and deeper understanding of the intricate relationship between funding and the quality of education, but additional investigation is required in order to highlight this matter even further to allow for the informed improvement of efforts to raise the quality of education in South Africa and the world. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Education Management and Policy Studies / unrestricted

"It has been the aim of this study, through a survey of a representative number of the public schools in the state of New Mexico, to reveal the extent of instrumental music offered through the mediums of the physical and integrated organizational factors involved, and to show the response to the program through the measurement of student participation." leaf 3

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. / Educational Leadership and Management / M. Ed. (Education Management)

本研究旨在建立高級中等學校校務基金績效評鑑系統， 並以「模糊德菲法」蒐集政策利害關係人意見，共建立5項構面29項指標。 本研究結論如下： 一、本研究共建立五大構面， 以構面權重高低排序分別為： 「財務收支及財產管理績效」（21.28%）、 「基金運用、預算編製及執行績效」（20.52%）、 「學校經營目標及經營計畫」（19.72%）、 「基金管理及學校組織運作」（19.51%）、 「學習品質及滿意度」（18.96%）。 二、依照各構面內指標權重高低，依序如下： （一）「財務收支及財產管理績效」構面內最重要者為「教學研究及訓輔費 用占業務成本與費用比率」。 （二）「基金運用、預算編製及執行績效」構面內最重要者為「建立預算編 製與執行作業程序」。 （三）「學校經營目標及經營計畫」構面內最重要者為「學校校務發展定位 與特色」。 （四）「基金管理及學校組織運作」構面內最重要者為「內部審核執行成效」。 （五）「學習品質及滿意度」構面內最重要者為「建立歷年校務基金報表公 開專區」。 最後，依據研究結論分別給予教育主管機關、學校以及後續研究相關建議。 / The purpose of this study is to establish a system about the performance evaluation indicators for the school funds of high schools in Taiwan. By using the fuzzy delphi method with opinions of stakeholder, the study consists of 5 dimensions and 29 indicators in total. According to priority of 5 dimensions, the conclusions are as follows： 1.“performance of financial receipts, expenditures and property management”(accounts for 21.28%) 2.“performance of funds, budget planning and execute”(accounts for 20.52%) 3.“performance of school management goal and planning ”(accounts for 19.72%) 4.“performance of fund management and school organization operation ”(accounts for 19.51%) 5.“performance of learning quality and satisfaction degree”(accounts for 18.96%) According to priority of intra-dimension indicators ,the conclusions are as follows： 1.In the dimension “performance of financial receipts, expenditures and property management”, the indicator “the ratio for teaching, research ,discipline and counseling cost to operation cost ” accounts for the most part. 2.In the dimension “performance of funds, budget planning and execute”, the indicator “establishing standard of procedure for budget planning and execute” accounts for the most part. 3.In the dimension“performance of school management goal and planning ”, the indicator “status and feature for school development” accounts for the most part. 4.In the dimension “performance of fund management and school organization operation ”, the indicator “performance of internal auditing” accounts for the most part. 5.In the dimension“performance of learning quality and satisfaction degree”, the indicator “establishing school-fund statements website over the years” accounts for the most part. According the conclusions, some suggestions had been proposed: 1. suggestions for ministry of education 2. suggestions for school administrators 3. suggestions for further study

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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. / Educational Leadership and Management / M. Ed. (Education Management)