Skweyiya, Mirriam Nongwekazi2026-04-102026-04-102009Skweyiya,M.N.An assessment of parental involvement and participation in the governnance of Maganise J.S.S. in Libode Mega District: A Case study.Alice.University of Fort Hare.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/4011Masters ThesisBefore the attainment of democracy in South Africa, formal education was regarded only as the responsibility of the formally trained educators (Hartshorne, 1999). Parental involvement and participation was very limited and in some areas, especially in the black areas, it was non-existent. However through the enactment of the South African School's Act (SASA) no 84 of 1996 a change was observed in the education system of the country. In terms of section 16 (1) of the SASA (1996), parents are provided for to become equal partners in the governance of schools. The Act stipulates that School Governing Bodies (SGB's) should be formed and provided with skills and knowledge that would enable the SGB's to share joint responsibility of school governance with the school management team. Researchers like Clase et al. (2007) have however posited that after the SASA law was passed in 1996, studies that looked at how SGB's, School Management Teams and Department of Education in South Africa work together, have reported tensions between these three organs.enEducationThesis