The rights and responsibilities of parents are viewed very seriously in South
Africa in that they are emphasised by the Act of Parliament. The South
African Schools Act, No 84 of 1996, places the governance of every school in
the hands of parents. The parents are in this way required to perform their
roles within the orbit of this Act of parliament. This study is therefore directed
at analysing the Schools Act and those sections of the law are discussed
which have a direct bearing on the responsibilities and the rights of parents
when involved with the school. A comparison is drawn between the national
determinants of yesteryears regulating parental involvement as well as the
new paradigm statutes regulating parental involvement in the school system.
The findings of the literature study led to the empirical study. A questionnaire
on this study comprising 46 items was developed. The subjects of this study
were made up of 150 parents in the Lichtenburg District of the Department of
Education in the North-West Province. The results of 137 respondents were
statistically analysed. The study revealed that parents lack knowledge on the
statutes relating to their involvement in the schools. Also, there are no
measures taken by the schools to capacitate the parents to understand and
apply the laws correctly. Finally, parents are not performing their roles
adequately as is expected by the law. The findings of this study led to the
recommendations on how parents could be helped to do what the law
requires. / Thesis (M.Ed.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/632 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Maboe, Tshose Phillip |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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