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Rewarding good school governance (2011-01-20)

An annual national award that recognises schools which promote principles of good governance and discipline has been launched in Johannesburg and is believed to be a first in South Africa.

The award is an initiative of the Proudly South African Campaign and the CGF Research Institute, an organisation concerned about raising the awareness and need for sound governance practices within business and government.  Known as the CGF -- Proudly South African School Governance Award, the initiative is the brainchild of CGF's Chief Executive Officer, Terry Booysen, who has been a governance specialist for eight years and a partner of Proudly South African.  Several of South Africa's municipalities as well as provincial education departments, (notably the Eastern Cape) are facing serious financial and management problems, partly because of the lack of management expertise and good governance.  Booysen said he "strongly believes that good governance is inextricably linked to discipline and that schools are the ideal places where this could be cultivated and promoted". He explained that schools that exercise a high level of discipline among its staff and learners perform well, academically and socially.

Booysen said that principals, as leaders of schools, should be held accountable because it is part of their function to promote and instill discipline among their staff, teachers and learners and this is what good corporate governance is all about.
"The recent incidences of intimidation, violence and crime in our schools across the country, point to a total breakdown of discipline. It means principals as the chief executive officers of schools are failing to instill discipline in their schools and its subjects. Surely, similar to other CEO's in the private sector, school principals also have fiduciary responsibilities and they should also stand the same scrutiny as their business and government counterparts," said Booysen.

The Call for entry for the Awards will be announced by the Proudly South African Campaign in due course.  For more information contact Dalene du Preez at: dalene@proudlysa.co.za / 011 - 327 7778

Source: Mail & Guardian Online Web Address:http://www.mg.co.za/article/2011-01-20-rewarding-good-school-governance

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