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Challenges of school resources management for curriculum delivery in South African Rural High Schools: Principals' perceptions on the way forward

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  • Oluwatoyin Ayodele Ajani

    (Languages and Social Sciences EducationUniversity of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, South Africa)

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Various existing studies have established the multi-faceted nature of social inequalities in South Africa. The social inequalities also segregate schools into urban and rural schools, with adequate or lack of infrastructure influencing learners' performances in various South African schools. Hence, school principals are expected to manage the available resources to attain curriculum delivery and the whole school's performance. This qualitative study explored principals' perspectives on managing uneven school resources to achieve the goals and objectives of the education system. This study adopted an interpretive paradigm to understand the voices of 20 rural school principals in semi-structured interviews. The principals were purposively selected from 20 rural schools in King Cetshwayo district in KwaZulu-Natal. The audio-recorded interviews were thematically analysed to generate themes for findings and discussion. Findings revealed that most rural schools need more adequate school resources, and the principals need more support to attain quality curriculum delivery in schools adequately. The principals also lamented the high expectations placed on their schools for the academic excellence of their learners. Thus, the contents of each subject curriculum could not be efficiently unpacked and delivered to learners. The study, therefore, recommends improvement in resource provision to rural schools. At the same time, principals should be capacitated on effectively managing available school resources to achieve desired and efficient curriculum implementation in rural schools. Key Words:Curriculum, School Resources, Achievement, School Management, Learners’ Performance

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  • Oluwatoyin Ayodele Ajani, 2023. "Challenges of school resources management for curriculum delivery in South African Rural High Schools: Principals' perceptions on the way forward," International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 12(6), pages 275-285, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:rbs:ijbrss:v:12:y:2023:i:6:p:275-285
    DOI: 10.20525/ijrbs.v12i6.2709
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    1. Mr. Montfort Mlachila & Tlhalefang Moeletsi, 2019. "Struggling to Make the Grade: A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Weak Outcomes of South Africa’s Education System," IMF Working Papers 2019/047, International Monetary Fund.
    2. Bongani T. Gamede & Oluwatoyin Ayodele Ajani & Olufemi Sunday Afolabi, 2022. "Exploring the Adoption and Usage of Learning Management System as Alternative for Curriculum Delivery in South African Higher Education Institutions during Covid-19 Lockdown," International Journal of Higher Education, Sciedu Press, vol. 11(1), pages 1-71, February.
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