Assessment of Needs and Capacity of District Office Professional Staff

CATEGORIES
FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT
CAPACITY OF SGB
CAPACITY BUILDING
OF SGB
RELATIONSHIP SGB & SMT
AN ANALYSIS OF ISSUES AND GAPS IN SCHOOL OPERATIONS
SCHOOL GOVERNANCE
ISSUES & PERCEPTIONS FROM THE
SCHOOL
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ISSUES AND PERCEPTIONS FROM THE
DISTRICT OFFICE
• Training on budgeting necessary
• Training is needed so that capable people • Profiling of SGB's members
perform duties
• Literacy level of school governors
• Lack of Training amongst SGB
• Poor quality of managers
• There is a lack of capacitation from SGB's
which results to passiveness (parent
component)
• Relationship: The SGB are not able to
perform well – there are no incentives
• Parents are unable to exercise their
powers due to lack of knowledge
(illiterate)
• More training is needed to manage
stakeholders
• More emphasis on management is
needed
• Regular workshops including the SGB
must be held
• SGB training workshops must be held
• Facilitators doing training not always
knowledgeable and therefore ineffective
• No training from the District Office
• SGB's not trained
• Some SGB's believe they know it all, yet
continuous training is needed as there are
new acts
• Training is needed for the employment of
teachers and conflict management
• Workshops are needed for SGB & SMT • Poor communication skills between SMT's &
for close co-operation
SGB's. Training is needed.
• There is no co-operation between SGB &
SMT
• SGB issues are only after work long hours
at work, therefore members are tired and
not always effective
• Some SGB members too tired after work
to attend meetings
• Relationship between SGB &
management needs to be improved.
• There must be accountability on
responsibilities
• SGB & SMT take the school as place for
educators only, not for them
• There is no cooperation between SGB's &
SMT