Information from symposiums regarding guidance, as well as
information from interviews with school guidance personnel,
students and other persona concerned, revealed gaps
concerning the present school guidance systems.
In this connection the public and private sector can play
an important role by revealing the necessary information
about the career world to the guidance personnel.
The aim of this investigation serves a double purpose. In
the first instance to investigate the liaison between the
school guidance personnel of the Transvaal Education
Department's secondary schools and the public and private
sector from the point of view of the literature.
Secondly an empirical determination of the nature of the
connection between career guidance personnel of the
Afrikaans medium secondary schools in Transvaal and the
public and private sector, as well as to determine what the
attitude of school guidance personnel are towards liaison
with the public and private sector.
For the purpose of this study, public sector can be defined
as the sector where government has partial or total
control, whereas in the private sector the government has
no direct control.
Personal visits to guidance personnel at secondary schools
in Transvaal and the questionnaire method were both
considered to obtain the necessary information for this
study. After thorough consideration, the decision fell
upon the questionnaire method. Questionnaires were
therefore sent to all Afrikaans medium secondary schools in
Transvaal.
RECOMMENDATIONS: The following are recommended, bearing the findings of the
study in mind:
1. RENEWED INTRODUCTION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR COORDINATION
OF CAREER INFORMATION AND CAREER GUIDANCE.
The following recommendations about the function of the
above mentioned committee can be made:
1.1 the private sector must be accommodated in this
committee,
1.2 this committee must be actively involved in a
promotion campaign.
2. RESTRUCTURING OF THE EDUCATION POLICY BY THE TRANSVAAL
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
This study revealed that a number of school guidance
personnel did not liaise with the public and private
sector due to the Transvaal Education Department's
policy. The following are recommended:
2.1 the Education Department's policy about outsiders must
be clearly formulated and published to all persons involved,
2.2 free admission by representatives of the public and
private sector to schools,
2.3 visiting of career displays and information days by
pupils during school hours,
2.4 partnership between the Transvaal Education Department
and the public and private sector to be emphasized to
the pupils and to improve contact between the
Education Department and the public and private
sector.
3. INVOLVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR.
Liaison is the result of the initiative from the
schools while they experience shortages of funds, time
limits, transport problems and long distances. It is
therefore recommended that the public and private
sector will visit schools on their own initiative.
FINAL REMARKS:
There is a definite need for liaison between school
guidance personnel and the public and private sector. This
study emphasizes the results of the HRC's Study Committee:
Guidance (1981) and as such the findings of this study are
closely related with the findings and recommendations of
the HRC's Study Committee.
The quality of school guidance will be improved by liaison
and this will improve the pupils' ability to make
responsible career choices. It is therefore of the utmost
importance for all partners in the school guidance
programme to work closely together and to liaise more
effectively. / Thesis (MEd)--PU vir CHO, 1991
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/9337 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Smit, Cornelius Abraham |
| Publisher | Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | other |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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