Abstract
M.Ed. (Educational Management)
The provision and management of education for Blacks in
South Africa is currently a complicated and problematic
matter. Of all the challenges which face the Department
of Education and Training, it seems the demographic factors
create the most problems and offer the greatest challenge.
The number of pupils handled by the Department necessitates
that the Department reorganise its management system so that
a more effective service can be offered. It is especially
difficult to plan an action at Head Office and execute it
in an isolated location in another province. Service and
planning should be closer functionally and thus serious
attention should be paid to the decentralisation of as many
sections of the Department as possible.
Educational Auxiliary Services is a service which represents
an integral part of the educational system. It was established
to render assistance to educationalists, parents,
teachers and others involved on a differentiated and coordinated
basis.
Since it is impossible for the five specialists of Educational
Auxiliary Services at Head Office to be physically
present in every region in need of assistance, it is important
that serious thought be given to decentralisation of
the Service, so that specialist personnel for each component
is available in the regions.
In the overseas countries decentralisation and centralisation
in education is also being considered. The conclusion
is, however, that such structural changes in the educational
system cannot be separated from a country's political system
as it is manifested in the Central Government...