Leadership, stakeholders and learner performance in four Western Cape schools

Ursula Hoadley, Brian Levy, Lawule Shumane and Shelly Wilburn

Global Development Institute Working Paper Series from GDI, The University of Manchester

Abstract: This paper explores some micro-level governance and political economy determinants of performance over time in four schools in low-income areas in the Cape Town metropolitan area. The findings are consistent with a pattern evident in many parts of the world – the reality of dysfunction beneath the surface of seemingly well-organised bureaucratic processes. They are also consistent with broader research, which points to the weakness – in the specific Western Cape demographic profile, which is the focus – of constructive input from school governing bodies, communities or other non-governmental actors. As a way forward, the paper proposes pragmatism and incrementalism – relatively modest tweaks capable of achieving seemingly small (but potentially far-reaching in their consequences) improvements in the functioning at school level of both hierarchical and horizontal systems of governance.

Date: 2016
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