It is widely acknowledged that effective schools owe much of their success to the calibre
of their principals. Notwithstanding the central role played by these executive officers,
very little attention has been given to the selection of secondary school principals
internationally and more so in South Africa. The South African education system has
recently undergone a not so silent revolution and all former departments of education
have combined. The national Department of Education determines policy and local
education is administered by provincial authorities. The State's policy of transformation,
which is being implemented in all public schools, is bringing about many changes in
schools and these have to be satisfactorily managed. Because of the complexity of the
school as an organisation, the principal is subjected to changing demands especially in
respect of his/her management tasks. Despite these changes requiring a new style of
school management, the selection of secondary principals has, up till very recently, been
done in a fairly arbitrary manner. Consequently, this project involves an assessment of
the current selection procedures for secondary public school principals in KwaZulu-Natal.
While it is accepted the selection procedure is relatively new and still evolving, it
is hoped that this project will alert educational authorities to the salient weaknesses of the
selection procedure and offer recommendations for its improvement. / Thesis (M.Ed.) - University of Natal, Durban, 1999.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/3162 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | McPherson, Gregory L. |
| Contributors | Thurlow, Michael. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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