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Accountability and transparency in school financial management

M. Ed. (Educational Management) / Accountability and transparency in financial management is the cornerstone to all democratic government policies. All spheres of government should encourage participative collaboration and involvement of all stakeholders. Schools as organs of state are not immune to this call. The aim of this research was to investigate the level of accountability and transparency in school financial management with the ultimate aim of encouraging efficacy in financial school management. Accountability and transparency must be approached with resiliency. The findings are clear indications of what might be happening in schools. It is our responsibilities as educationist to reverse and normalise the scenario. It was a carefully planned policy of the previous government to alienate and discourage African parents from playing a significant role in education. As a result the role of stakeholders in education diminished. Educational managers must acknowledge the fact that it will be an awesome struggle to encourage all stakeholders to playa meaningful role in the education ofourchildren. This task requires managers who must be change agents themselves. For managers to achieve this task they must first have a change of heart, change of mindset and strong will power. These leaders must have courage and determination. This task requires managers who are not afraid offailure. There is evidence of internal wrangling in schools. This wrangling sometimes prevents schools from its core function, which is effective teaching and learning...

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:11815
Date23 July 2014
CreatorsMngomezulu, Michael Mziwakhe
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsUniversity of Johannesburg

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