An evaluation of personnel provision policy in selected public secondary schools in the Eastern Cape province

Peter, Zola Witness

Title: An evaluation of personnel provision policy in selected public secondary schools in the Eastern Cape province
Creator: Peter, Zola Witness
Subject: Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Teachers -- Employment -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Teachers -- Training of -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Teachers -- Selection and appointment -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Teachers' unions -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: School personnel management -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Province
Date: 2008
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MPA
Identifier: vital:11632
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/213
Identifier: Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Identifier: Teachers -- Employment -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Identifier: Teachers -- Training of -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Identifier: Teachers -- Selection and appointment -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Identifier: Teachers' unions -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Identifier: School personnel management -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Identifier: Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Province
Description: The Eastern Cape Department of Education has a constitutional and legislative mandate to provide quality public education in all public schools within the province. The commitment to improve also involves ensuring effective educator personnel provisioning in public secondary xii schools. However, despite various legislative and policy measures relating to educator personnel provisioning, serious concerns have been raised. There have been concerns over the shortage of educators. There are concerns over the lack of suitably qualified educators, especially in Mathematics and Science subjects. Disparities have been noted between legislative and policy directives with regard to educator personnel provisioning and the expectations of educators based on the realities in public secondary schools. The complications and challenges thereof have called upon for the appraisal of educator provisioning. The objective of the study is to describe and explain the nature and place of personnel provisioning in public secondary schools. Thereafter, evaluate its application at selected public secondary schools in the Eastern Cape Province. The basic intention is to prove that the educator personnel provision policy implementation in public schools needs to be examined and possibly changed for effective results. Basically, personnel provisioning is the first step in the personnel process. It is classified into: Human resources determination; and the Filling of posts The process of filling public personnel posts involves recruitment, selection, appointment, placement, transfer and promotion. In evaluating personnel provisioning policy in public secondary schools, a research study has to be conducted. As an integral part of scope of study, the survey area includes public secondary schools, provincial department offices and educator union/association offices. The questionnaire is used as the appropriate data collection instrument for this survey. The total population for the study are provincial department officials, public secondary school principals, school governing body chairpersons and educator unions/associations. xiii When data was analysed and interpreted, there were various significant findings. The respondents’ demographic details provided a significant insight into the study and its findings. They ensured divergence of opinions and understanding of the personnel provisioning. Regarding human resources determination and the filling of posts in public secondary schools, it was found that there are challenges in terms of the employment of suitably qualified educators. These include among other issues educator dissatisfaction and lack of effective procedures in the filling of posts. This also results in educator shortage in public secondary schools.
Format: 111 leaves; 30 cm
Format: pdf
Publisher: University of Fort Hare
Publisher: Faculty of Management & Commerce
Language: English
Rights: University of Fort Hare

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