Abstract
M.Ed.
It becomes evident that principals are faced with a mammoth task of managing parental involvement and also of rendering all the necessary assistance to the governing body in the performance of their functions as the Schools Act suggests. The problem, therefore, is how parental involvement in historically Black secondary schools can be managed in order to ensure viable participation of parents in general, and of the SGB in particular in the implementation of the functions of the governing bodies as set out in the Schools Act 8411996.
For this research project the following will therefore be the formulated research
questions: How can the principal render assistance to the parents in the performance of their functions?
What strategies can be used as guidelines for principals to manage parental
involvement in secondary schools?
THE AIM OF THE STUDY
In view of the above problem the general aim of this research project is to investigate how the principal can render all the necessary assistance to the governing body in particular, to enable them to perform all their functions in terms of the Schools Act 84/1996.