A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Education in the Department of Foundations of Education at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2015 / The study set out to investigate the importance of co-operation in an evaluation of grants handling in schools. The following objectives were formulated: (a) To evaluate effectiveness of the current systems in handling grants in schools in Ilembe district, Lower Tugela circuit in uMhlali and kwaDukuza ward in KZN. (b) To propose effective strategies to improve partnership between Department of Social Development and Department of Basic Education in handling social grants in schools. In order to investigate the aims of the study of evaluation of handling grants, questionnaires were distributed to educators, social workers and parents. The instrument was administered to a sample of 90 respondents consisting of educators, social workers and parents in Groutville area, KwaDukuza ,in KwaZulu Natal. Data was analyzed and interpreted. The study came to the following conclusions: 1. The majority of educators feel that school grants handling is ineffective as learners on grants are not attending school satisfactorily 2. The study also concluded that caregivers are only interested in social grants and not in assisting learners with their school work. 3. The majority of learners on grants do not perform well in schoolwork because of conflict between the relatives, caregivers and learners, and as a consequence, their performances and progress in their schoolwork are affected. 4. Most parents that are caregivers lack support and assistance from the Department of Social Development with regard to the challenges that they face owing to lost or misplaced documents. 5. The study indicates that there are households that are unattended and where orphans suffer because it is not clear who is responsible for them. 6. The study also concludes that schools do not clearly provide support with regard to the learners and caregivers as far as grants are concerned. vi 7. Social development officials do not visit schools as required; they collect information about the learners by means of forms submitted by parents. 8. Learners who are mothers that are still attending school are left behind with schoolwork as they have to collect their grant payments during school time. 9. There is a need for improvement in the present handling mechanisms or systems of grants at schools. 10. It is necessary to develop close teamwork in handling these grants for the benefit of the learners 11. The current ways of handling grants in schools are not effective and efficient. 12. The Department of Home Affairs needs to work closely with Department of Social Development to find ways to improve accessibility to birth certificates in order to reduce delays in processing new registrations and renewal of grants.. Finally the study concluded that the service delivery rendered by the Department of Social Development in handling school grants needs improvement.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uzulu/oai:uzspace.unizulu.ac.za:10530/1430 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Shabalala, Sthembile Princess |
| Contributors | Vilakazi, S.A. |
| Publisher | University of Zululand |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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