Creating a safe learning environment in two schools in the Butterworth District, Eastern Cape

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dc.contributor.authorVokozela, Zandile
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-16T10:13:44Z
dc.date.available2016-08-16T10:13:44Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis study focuses on the creation of a safe learning environment at two schools in the Butterworth District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The two schools are Ndabankulu Senior Secondary School and Butterworth High School. The study is of a comparative design and aims to assist the communities of Ndabankulu Senior Secondary School, and Butterworth High School to improve health, safety and security issues of their children by reducing their exposure to environmental risks while attending school. An ethnographic study was used to collect data and the study employed questionnaires, document analysis and interviews as methods of collecting data. The primary aim of this study was to assess whether the school is still a safe place for learning and teaching to take place without fear and harm so that both learners and teachers can attain growth and development. Physical risks were assessed through observation and document analysis. Interviews were conducted with the senior members of staff while questionnaires were issued to eighty learners and were all returned back for analysis. The content analysis and interpretation yielded findings that suggests that hazards that may harm the development of learners at Ndabankulu S.S.S. and Butterworth High school exist. The study concludes that it is crucial that strategies and necessary interventions be set up and implemented to ensure that all stakeholders perceive school safety as an important aspect, both for the benefit of the school and that of the wider society. The barriers to school safety, specifically to both schools in this study need to be attended to. The study has presented findings that are consistent with those of other studies which emphasized that if barriers to school safety are identified, confronted and tackled, the schools could benefit positively from effects of involving everyone to create a safe learning environment. The conditions under which learners receive education in South Africa have to be closely and constantly monitored by Departmental officials. Teachers and managers need to be trained in their duties so that schools become places where learners are safe and enjoy reaching their future goals.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/303
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Fort Hareen_ZA
dc.subjectSchool discipline -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
dc.subjectSchool violence -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Prevention
dc.subjectMoral education -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
dc.subjectSchools -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Safety measures
dc.subjectSchool crisis management -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
dc.subjectEnvironmental risk assessment -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
dc.titleCreating a safe learning environment in two schools in the Butterworth District, Eastern Capeen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA

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