Thesis (MPA.) -- University of Limpopo, 2015 / When the ANC-led government took power in 1994, it made commitment to redress the
imbalances of the past by providing capacity building of SGBs on financial management
skills. The government enacted the South African School Act (SASA) no. 84 of 1996 as
one of the policies aimed at improving the quality of education. The SASA, Section 19
directs the Head of Department(HOD) to provide introductory training to the SGBs to
enable them to perform their financial functions. Despite some strides made by the
democratic government on capacity building of SGBs, the findings of these study
revealed that schools’ financial management remains a very serious challenge to some
schools.
The aim of this study was to examine the financial management challenges of the
Mopani District Schools in the Limpopo Province. The SASA mandates SGBs to
account on the management of public funds in schools. Qualitative and quantitative
methods were used in this research study. The literature review reveals that SGB
members are ill-equipped for their financial roles because they are inadequately trained.
The literature review also shows that the SGBs can make informed decisions if they are
adequately trained and conversant with the language used in finance policies and
finance documents. The study found that; some SGB members have not been
subjected to training in financial management. Some only have primary school
education and the language used in the financial documents and financial transactions
makes it difficult for them to perform their financial responsibilities. Some budgets are
only developed for compliance with departmental directive but not realistic because of
the lack of SGB capacity. Budget implementation is a challenge hence schools incur
expenditure not budgeted for. Some schools do not have internal control.
The recommendations briefly outline the findings of this study that and change the
status quo if implemented.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/1687 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Ngobeni, Sonia Nokuthula |
| Contributors | Mpehle, Zwelibanzi |
| Publisher | University of Limpopo |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | ix, 120 leaves |
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