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Challenges and training needs of promoted school managers in Xhariep district secondary schools : Free State Province

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dc.contributor.advisor Setlalentoa, W.N.
dc.contributor.advisor Litheko, S.R.S.
dc.contributor.author Seipobi, Thebe T.
dc.contributor.other Central University of Technology, Free State. Faculty of Humanities. School of Teacher Education
dc.date.accessioned 2014-10-17T21:24:44Z
dc.date.available 2014-10-17T21:24:44Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11462/157
dc.description Thesis (M. Tech. ( Education)) -- Central University of Technology, Free state, 2012 en_US
dc.description.abstract In Xhariep District, promoted school managers are left alone to find their way out. This exposes the school managers to stressful working conditions such as being unaware of the school policies and procedures. The overall aim of this study is to explore challenges faced by promoted school managers in Xhariep secondary schools and identify the type of training they would require. The objectives of the study were to identify challenges that promoted school managers in Xhariep secondary schools face and also identify the type of training needs that promoted school managers require. This descriptive study is quantitative in nature because it collects mostly numeric data and employs mainly quantitative techniques in analysing the data. The population under investigation consists of secondary, and high school principals, deputy principals, and heads of departments in Xhariep District in FSDoe in South Africa. The FSDoe Xhariep district office keep a database of schools under their jurisdiction . From this database, a purposeful sampling method was used to select 80 promoted school managers from the 23 listed schools in Xhariep District. Purposeful sampling method was used in order to prevent under or non-representation of parts of the population (Brynard & Hanekom, 2006:56; Scheaffer, Mendenhall & Ott, 2006). A structured, Likert-scaled questionnaire with closed ended questions was used to collect information from the respondents. Part one of the questionnaire was used to collect demographic data, part two focused on induction, part three questioned about the role of the mentor and part four zoomed in on nature of support offered by FSDoe. The results of the study showed that the majority of the respondents (97%) urgently needed induction. There was also a feeling that induction instilled a feeling of belonging by 67% of the respondents. The study also revealed that promoted school managers are offered very little support. en_US
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dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Bloemfontein : Central University of Technology, Free State
dc.subject Central University of Technology, Free State - Dissertations en_US
dc.subject School administrators - Training of - South Africa - Free State en_US
dc.subject School management and organization - South Africa - Free State en_US
dc.subject Dissertations, Academic - South Africa - Bloemfontein en_US
dc.title Challenges and training needs of promoted school managers in Xhariep district secondary schools : Free State Province en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dc.rights.holder Central University of Technology, Free State


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