<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:2.125rem;margin:0px;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;border-bottom:0px none;padding:0px">Governing South Africa's schools as inclusive spaces</h1><p class="gmail-meta" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.75rem;margin-bottom:2px;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><a href="https://www.iol.co.za/news/opinion" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(180,20,0)">OPINION</a><span style="box-sizing:border-box"> / </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">17 MAY 2019, 3:09PM</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box"> / </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17)">SOLANGE ROSA</span></span></p><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-social-icons" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:10px 5px;float:right"><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px;list-style-type:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;list-style-type:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;float:left"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iol.co.za%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fgoverning-south-africas-schools-as-inclusive-spaces-23412083" title="Share on Facebook" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(119,119,119);font-size:1.5rem"><img src="https://www.iol.co.za/assets/images/social-icons/facebook-rnd-ico.svg" alt="Share on Facebook" id="gmail-article-facebook-share" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: 100%; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: auto; display: block; width: 37px;"></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;list-style-type:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;float:left"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?via=IOL&text=Governing%20South%20Africa%27s%20schools%20as%20inclusive%20spaces&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iol.co.za%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fgoverning-south-africas-schools-as-inclusive-spaces-23412083" title="Share on Twitter" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(119,119,119);font-size:1.5rem"><img src="https://www.iol.co.za/assets/images/social-icons/twitter-rnd-ico.svg" alt="Share on Twitter" id="gmail-article-twitter-share" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: 100%; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: auto; display: block; width: 36px;"></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;list-style-type:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;float:left"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&title=Governing%20South%20Africa%27s%20schools%20as%20inclusive%20spaces&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iol.co.za%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fgoverning-south-africas-schools-as-inclusive-spaces-23412083" title="Share on LinkedIn" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(119,119,119);font-size:1.5rem"><img src="https://www.iol.co.za/assets/images/social-icons/linkedin-rnd-ico.svg" alt="Share on LinkedIn" id="gmail-article-linkedin-share" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: 100%; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: auto; display: block; width: 35px;"></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;list-style-type:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;float:left"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.iol.co.za/news/opinion/governing-south-africas-schools-as-inclusive-spaces-23412083#email-share" class="gmail-show-popup" title="Share via Email" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(119,119,119);font-size:1.5rem"><img src="https://www.iol.co.za/assets/images/social-icons/email-rnd-ico.svg" alt="Tell a Friend" id="gmail-article-email-share" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: 100%; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: auto; display: block; width: 36px;"></a></li></ul></div></div><div class="gmail-article-body" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div class="gmail-sixteen-nine" style="box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden;padding-top:343.125px;margin-bottom:10px;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover"><img class="gmail-imgLandScape" src="https://image.iol.co.za/image/1/process/620x349?source=https://inm-baobab-prod-eu-west-1.s3.amazonaws.com/public/inm/media/image/110396829.JPG" alt="" title="Disgruntled parents and pupils protest against overcrowding at Bloekombos High School where some classes currently accommodate 80 pupils. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane/African News Agency (ANA)" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: 100%; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: auto auto 10px; display: block; width: 610px; left: 305px; top: 171.563px; bottom: auto; right: auto; transform: translate(-50%, -50%);"></div><span class="gmail-imageCaption" style="box-sizing:border-box">Disgruntled parents and pupils protest against overcrowding at Bloekombos High School where some classes currently accommodate 80 pupils. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane/African News Agency (ANA)</span><div class="gmail-articleBodyMore" id="gmail-article-more-body" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Over the past few years, issues relating to inclusion and tolerance of difference have challenged private and public schools across South Africa. As instruments of participatory democracy, it is the role of School Governing Bodies (SGBs), to ensure that schools are safe places for all learners to learn and thrive. Per section 16 of the South African Schools Act, the governance of every public school is vested in its governing body. </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></div><div id="gmail-ad-inarticle-middle" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:left;margin:0px 20px 10px 0px"><div id="gmail-google_ads_iframe_/116466607/IOL/news/opinion/governing-south-africas-schools-as-inclusive-spaces-23412083_6__container__" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0pt none"></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">This means that SGBs are responsible for determining all policies of a school, including admissions policy, language policy, code of conduct etc., as well as for financial management and ensuring employment equity. These policies can play a vital role in ensuring that schools are inclusive and tolerant spaces for all learners, staff and parents.</span> <span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="3" style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="3" style="box-sizing:border-box">Research shows that an involved community and an effective SGB working with teachers and dynamic principals at schools have better outcomes than those schools who do not – even if the latter have more financial and other resources. </font></div><div id="gmail-second-ad-slot" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-related-article-inner" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-top:1px solid rgb(235,235,235);border-bottom:1px solid rgb(235,235,235);background:rgb(249,249,249);padding:20px 0px;overflow:hidden;width:610px"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-size:1rem;text-transform:uppercase;padding:0px 15px 10px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">RELATED ARTICLES</span></h3><div class="gmail-related-articles-carousel gmail-slick-initialized gmail-slick-slider gmail-slick-dotted" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:30px"><div class="gmail-slick-list gmail-draggable" style="box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden;margin:0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-slick-track" style="box-sizing:border-box;opacity:1;width:3050px"><div class="gmail-slick-slide gmail-slick-cloned" tabindex="-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:left;height:125px;min-height:1px;width:305px"><a href="https://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/dispatch/take-this-chance-to-influence-running-of-your-childs-school-13587076" tabindex="-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(0,158,215);display:grid"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lora,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;margin:0px;font-size:1rem;border-bottom:0px none;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px">Take this chance to influence running of your child’s school</h3><img src="https://image.iol.co.za/image/1/process/125x125?source=https://inm-baobab-prod-eu-west-1.s3.amazonaws.com/public/inm/media/image/100211697.JPG&operation=CROP&offset=572x0&resize=1530x1530" alt="Take this chance to influence running of your child’s school" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-size-adjust: 100%; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: auto; display: block; width: 125px;"></a></div><div class="gmail-slick-slide gmail-slick-cloned" tabindex="-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:left;height:125px;min-height:1px;width:305px"><a href="https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/please-sir-may-we-have-some-more-teachers-15234653" tabindex="-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(0,158,215);display:grid"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lora,Arial,sans-ser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der-box"><font size="3" style="box-sizing:border-box">It is hoped that initiatives like this will enable more schools to navigate the challenges of inclusive policy making and embed a culture of appreciation for diversity amongst future South African generations. </font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="3" style="box-sizing:border-box">* Dr Solange Rosa is Associate Faculty/Senior Policy and Strategy Adviser with the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB), and an independent consultant with Rosa Burns Ntsekhe Inc.</font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="3" style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></font></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="3" style="box-sizing:border-box">** The views expressed here are not necessarily those of Independent Media.</font></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>