The Experiences of Members of the School  Governing Bodies in Executing their Duties  during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown

Duku, Ntombozuko; Mavuso, Mzuyanda Percival; Mkhomi, Moses Sipho

doi:10.29086/2519-5476/2021/v28n1a15

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“…From the aforementioned findings, it may be concluded that school principals in East London used the ICT tools such as mobile phone voice calls, SMS messaging, WhatsApp messaging, WhatsApp voice calls, emails, and Telegram channels. These findings are corroborated by Duku et al (2021) who also reported that school principals, during the COVID-19 crisis, conducted communication and governance activities with other parentmembers of the SGB via digital platforms such as mobile phone calls, SMS, and WhatsApp messaging; to mention a few. It is also noteworthy to state that while the study conducted by Duku et al (2021) was qualitative, the present study has made contributions to the body of knowledge from the quantitative perspective.…”

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“…These findings are corroborated by Duku et al (2021) who also reported that school principals, during the COVID-19 crisis, conducted communication and governance activities with other parentmembers of the SGB via digital platforms such as mobile phone calls, SMS, and WhatsApp messaging; to mention a few. It is also noteworthy to state that while the study conducted by Duku et al (2021) was qualitative, the present study has made contributions to the body of knowledge from the quantitative perspective. Similarly, a study in the UK by McCrone et al (2021) confirmed that school governors had to opt for use of the digital platforms enabled by the ICT for governance and decision-making purposes.…”

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“…Supporting the school administration in adhering to the requirements for the health and safety of the school community is one of the required duties of the SGBs during the pandemic (WCED, 2020). The results of a study by Duku et al (2021) in South Africa showed that during the COVID-19 crisis, school principals frequently used specific ICT tools, such as cell phone voice calls, SMS, WhatsApp messages, and emails in some cases, for decision-making on matters of school governance and communication with their respective members of the SGBs. These authors also claimed that school administrators may interact with SGB members without smartphones by using standard mobile phones that were not compatible with WhatsApp messaging systems; these phones were dubbed locally in South Africa as "Tilili mobile phones" (p. 417).…”

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“…School governance is defined as the development, adoption, supervision, [enforcement], and evaluation of school policies and regulations (Duku et al, 2021). The South African Schools Act (SASA) required the establishment of democratic school governance in all schools to ensure active involvement of stakeholders as well as bring about a culture of teaching and learning in schools, which is one of the most exciting developments in the new educational dispensation; characterized by inclusivity and collective decision-making (RSA, 1996).…”

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Utilisation of ICT Tools for School Governance amid COVID-19 Crisis in South Africa

Duku¹,

Badaru

Mkhomi³

et al. 2023

IJLTER

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Teaching and learning activities in South African schools are a focus of several research on the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) resources during the COVID-19 crisis. However, more studies are required to examine how the school principals and the parent-members of the School Governing Bodies (SGBs) used the ICT tools to undertake communication on school governance activities during the COVID-19 lockdown. In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis in South African schools, this study examined the use of ICT technologies for decision-making communications relating to issues of school governance between the principals and the SGBs. Utilising a quantitative research methodology, information was gathered from 126 school principals who were chosen at random from the Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) in East London, South Africa. The data analysis method employed was descriptive statistics. The findings showed that the majority of SGB parent members had basic ICT skills, could read and write, used ICT tools like smartphones, voice calls, and SMS messaging, which enabled them to interact with school principals and take part in decision-making related to school governance activities during the COVID-19 crisis. The participants described some of the difficulties associated with their choice of ICT tools, including broken smart phones, a lack of expertise with WhatsApp and Telegram, and slow message answers. The study concludes that the SGBs need to align their school policies with the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and adopt more ICT platforms for effective communications, governance, teaching, and learning activities in the new normal. It also recommends that, school principals and other SGB members still need to be trained and retrained for the use of ICT tools for efficient virtual or online participation in meetings; and there is also a need to equip SGB members with digital devices such as tablets, laptops, smartphones, and internet data subscriptions to encourage their participation in meetings from homes, offices or any other locations outside of school premises.

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