This small-scale study sought to investigate “The experiences of redeployed educators to a rural
school in KwaZulu-Natal”.
This qualitative study gathered data through the case study approach guided by the following key
questions:
1. What are the understanding and experiences of these redeployed teachers regarding the
redeployment process?
2. What are their perceptions and experiences regarding the new community and the
environment in the new school?
3. What was the role of the education stakeholders (School Management Team, School
Governing Body, Teacher Unions, Community leaders etc.) regarding the facilitation of
the redeployment and adaptation of the teachers in their new environment?
The study entailed interviewing and observation of educators, and analysing Posts Provision Norms certificate (PPN). The findings of the study revealed that the educators had different experiences of
redeployment and had varied understandings of the Rationalisation and Redeployment Policy.
It was also found that the policy-makers and the policy-implementers had not sufficiently explained
to the educators involved how the policy would be of mutual benefit them. This was only a topdown
process which did not involve all the people concerned (those who were to be affected by the
policy). There was lack of a two-way communication.
This study also showed that educators did not understand how this policy helped schools in the rural
areas. It further revealed that the role of the school stakeholders was lacking in terms of assisting
new educators to adapt to the new environment. In the light of the above challenges, I recommend that the policy of rationalisation and
redeployment be revisited once more to ensure that everybody would see the need of its
implementation. I also recommend that communication and explanation of how the policy works
should be improved by involving all the stakeholders. The policy involves the human resources;
therefore training of all the people involved on how the policy should be handled is very important. / Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Edgewood, 2011.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/5603 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Hlongwane, Fidelis Sibongiseni. |
| Contributors | Mthiyane, Siphiwe Eric. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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