Causes of Financial Mismanagement in South African Public Schools: The Views of Role Players

Autor/inn/en	Rangongo, Paul; Mohlakwana, Mokgadi; Beckman, Johan
Titel	Causes of Financial Mismanagement in South African Public Schools: The Views of Role Players
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 36 (2016) 3, Artikel 1266 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rangongo, Paul) ORCID (Mohlakwana, Mokgadi) ORCID (Beckman, Johan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Public Schools; Financial Problems; Money Management; Qualitative Research; Semi Structured Interviews; Principals; Middle Management; Administrator Attitudes; Accountability; Governance; School Administration; Financial Services; Expertise; Ethics; Trust (Psychology); Administrator Effectiveness; Etiology; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Qualitative Forschung; Principal; Schulleiter; Mittlere Führungskraft; Verantwortung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Expert appraisal; Ethik; Ätiologie; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper investigates the underlying causes of financial mismanagement in public schools and focuses on the perceptions of various role players in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The various Departments of Basic Education in South Africa allocate funds to schools each year, and expect school principals and school governing bodies to manage it appropriately. The problem is that in some schools, the principals, teachers and school governing body members are perpetrators of various financial mismanagement activities related to financial mismanagement. This article reports on qualitative research used to arrive at an in-depth understanding of why financial mismanagement occurs in certain schools. For this purpose, data was collected through semi-structured interviews with principals, finance officers and departmental officials and analysed thematically. The findings revealed a lack of knowledge of legislation and skills, poor monitoring and control of funds, unavailability of financial policies in schools, omission to act against culprits, and lack of honesty, openness and trustworthiness. The article proposes remedies that might bring financial management in public schools in line with the principles of good governance. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Tel: +27-12-420-5798; Fax: +27-12-420-5511; Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01