Abstract
M.Ed. (Educational Leadership and Management)
The purpose of the research is to obtain school managers’ perceptions of the occurrence of upward bullying in Public and Independent Gauteng Secondary Schools and what implications upward bullying will have on the management of the school.
Historically bullying has always been associated with children and was mainly practised by them in the classroom and on playgrounds. Today bullying extends beyond these arenas and has habituated the staffroom as well as the school administrative offices.
The educational system has undergone total transformation and restructuring in the last fourteen years. For example, our educational system moved from a multiple system to a single non-racial system that has brought about many important and challenging changes to education (Rossouw, 2008:7).
In 1993, the Education Labour Relations Act 146 of 1993 was passed. This had a significant impact on educators as far as their labour rights were concerned. For the first time, educators were given certain labour rights that previously did not exist.