Financial Management Decision-Making of School Finance Committees in Public Primary Schools in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Autor/in	Sebidi, Simon Diatleng
Titel	Financial Management Decision-Making of School Finance Committees in Public Primary Schools in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 43 (2023) 3, Artikel 2268 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sebidi, Simon Diatleng)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Money Management; Decision Making; Advisory Committees; Foreign Countries; Educational Finance; Public Schools; Elementary Schools; Governing Boards; Knowledge Level; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Beratungsstelle; Ausland; Bildungsfonds; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; Wissensbasis; Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Subject to the South African Schools Act, 84 of 1996 section 16(1), the governance of every public school is vested in its governing body and it may perform only such functions and obligations and exercise only such rights as prescribed by the Act. Section 30(1a) of this Act demands school governing bodies to establish committees and appoint members of the School Governing Body (SGB) to such committees based on expertise. With this study I investigated the financial management decision-making of school finance committees in public primary schools in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa. A qualitative approach was applied in the study. Focus-group interviews were used to collect data from the purposefully selected 2 public primary schools in which the finance committee members were involved. A case study design was applied. Thematic data analysis was used to analyse the collected data. All the participants demonstrated awareness of their financial management decision-making roles. Participants revealed that they did not perform their roles effectively due to their illiteracy levels, limited understanding of financial management legislation, inadequate training, interference of the principals in the management of finances, poor consultation and communication. I recommend to the Department of Education to provide financial committees with adequate support and training, to capacitate principals in the area of human relations and resource management and consider appointing financial management advisors at the circuit offices within districts to assist in guiding, monitoring and evaluating the financial management processes in schools on a regular basis. (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. Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01