Open AccessPrincipals’ perspectives on key factors that contribute to sustainable quality education
Author(s) -
Jan Heystek,
Lorinda Minnaar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-479X
DOI - 10.17159/i63a06
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , action (physics) , work (physics) , key (lock) , medical education , raw data , data collection , psychology , public relations , pedagogy , business , political science , sociology , medicine , engineering , computer science , social science , epistemology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , physics , computer security , quantum mechanics , programming language
This article reports on the perspectives of principals about factors, which have an influence on their work to provide quality education for all children. Principals in the Western Cape were asked to rate key factors that contribute to sustainable quality education in their schools. An online survey was implemented as the data collection instrument and the FREQ procedure was followed to analyse the raw data statistically. The results showed that dedicated and well-qualified teachers who teach disciplined learners in a safe environment should receive priority in any action principals and Departments of Education take to improve and sustain the quality of education in the Western Cape and possibly in all South African schools.