Traditionally, education has been considered as the territory of educators and
the participation of parents has been very limited. Nowadays, however,
parents are considered as co-partners in the education of their children. In this
regard, they have an important role to play both at home and school.
Both educators and parents now believe that effective education requires the
cooperation between educators and parents without any reservation.
Changes that have taken place .in education in this country over the past
decade require parents to assume greater responsibilities in the education of
their children.
This study was aimed at analysing the responsibilities of parents for the
effective implementation and management of Curriculum 2005 in the Phokeng
Circuit of Education of the North-West province. The study was further
intended to find out the problems, difficulties, and challenges faced by
parents, with the advent of the Curriculum 2005, the Outcome-based
Education program in South Africa.
The subjects involved in this study included 240 parents and 60 educators.
Two separate questionnaires (Appendix A and Appendix B) were designed
and administered to the respondents.
The study revealed that parents have taken up their role in education very
seriously, though it was discovered through the empirical investigation that
some parents are still clinging to their traditional beliefs about education, that
it is confined to educators.
Several recommendations based on literature and empirical investigations
were made in an attempt to involve more parents in the education and school
life of their children.
The study recommended regular and prompt communication between parents
and the school, assisting parents who have difficulties in helping their children
with homework and parent training. / Thesis (MBA) North-West university, Mafikeng Campus, 2003
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/11398 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Nair, Pulimoottil Kunjukrishnapanicker Sasidharan |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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