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

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dc.contributor.authorDuku, Ntombozuko
dc.contributor.authorBadaru, Kazeem Ajasa
dc.contributor.authorAdu, Kemi O.
dc.contributor.authorMkhomi, Moses Sipho
dc.contributor.authorAdu, Emmanuel O.
dc.contributor.authorMavuso, Mzuyanda Percival
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-05T09:24:52Z
dc.date.available2025-11-05T09:24:52Z
dc.date.issued2023-05
dc.description.abstractTeaching 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. Utilizing 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipGovan Mbeki Research and Development Centre (GMRDC) at the University of Fort Hare
dc.identifier.citationDuku, N., Badaru, K. A., Adu, K. O., Mkhomi, M. S., Adu, E. O., & Mavuso, M. P. (2023). Utilisation of ICT Tools for School Governance amid COVID-19 Crisis in South Africa. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 22(5), 119-139. https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.22.5.6
dc.identifier.issn1694-2116
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/3304
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety for Research and Knowledge Management
dc.subjectSchool governance
dc.subjectInformation, and communication technologies
dc.subjectSchool governing boards
dc.subjectDigital devices
dc.subjectTechnological skills
dc.titleUtilisation of ICT Tools for School Governance amid COVID-19 Crisis in South Africa
dc.typeArticle
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