Financial management in fee-paying public schools in South Africa : how responsible is the school governing body?

dc.contributor.authorAina, Adebunmi Yetunde
dc.contributor.authorDu Plessis, A. (Andre)
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-29T11:52:46Z
dc.date.available2024-01-29T11:52:46Z
dc.date.issued2023-11
dc.description.abstractThe South African Schools Act, No. 84 of 1996, stipulates how schools should manage and involve stakeholders in financial management. The literature suggests that stakeholders at non-fee-paying schools in the township and rural areas do not play a dominant role in their schools’ financial management decision-making processes, which is contrary to the dictates of the South African Schools Act. However, in the study on which this article is based, we focused on the financial management decision-making processes in fee-paying public schools. We followed a qualitative research approach with a multiple case study design. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and document analysis, and were analysed thematically. The findings reveal that members of school governing bodies in Quintile 5 fee-paying public primary schools were educated professionals who, as required by the South African Schools Act, exerted a strong influence on the financial management responsibilities in their schools.en_US
dc.description.departmentEducation Management and Policy Studiesen_US
dc.description.librarianhj2024en_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-04:Quality Educationen_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajournalofeducation.co.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationAina, A. & Du Plessis, A. 2023, 'Financial management in fee-paying public schools in South Africa: How responsible is the school governing body?', South African Journal of Education, vol. 43, no. 4, art. 2307, pp. 1-9, doi : 10.15700/saje.v43n4a2307.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0256-0100 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2076-3433 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.15700/saje.v43n4a2307
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/94146
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEducation Association of South Africaen_US
dc.rights© 2023, South African Journal of Education. Published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.en_US
dc.subjectSchool governing bodiesen_US
dc.subjectSchool governanceen_US
dc.subjectSchool financial managementen_US
dc.subjectFee-paying schoolsen_US
dc.subjectFinancial decision-making processesen_US
dc.subjectResponsibilityen_US
dc.subjectSDG-04: Quality educationen_US
dc.titleFinancial management in fee-paying public schools in South Africa : how responsible is the school governing body?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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