The influence of parental demographics on school choice decision-making in Western Gauteng, South Africa

Blake, B.; Mestry, Raj

doi:10.15700/saje.v41n3a1958

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“…These results just partly coincide with the forth probability we made, to be more precise, overall neither private nor public schools totally satisfy the parents' demands. Thus, here we come to Blake and Mestry (2021) opinion, discussed in literature review above, regarding the parents' utopic expectations. If we consider the fact that the parents receive information mainly from their relatives or friends, it will be much interesting if the interviewed parents' experience can have influence over the decision criterion and structure, of their relatives and friends in future.…”

Section: Discussion Of Resultsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Generally, in reforming states and not only there, there is rising tendency of the parents' distrust toward public schools, meaning that they will fail to meet their kids demands and goals (it is no surprise that parents are scrambling for enrollment in the limited functional sub-system; Blake and Mestry, 2021). Many parents doubt the government's dedication for providing the educational system with the appropriate standards.…”

Section: Freedom In School Selection/choice Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It's worth considering that each and every individual's approach and interpretation regarding the school choice goals and objectives, at least slightly differ. According to Sullo (2011) "choice theory posits that an individual's behavior or choices they make are driven by a never-ending quest to satisfy five genetically driven needs and four fundamental psychological needs" (Blake and Mestry, 2021). The critics frequently say that during the school choice process, the parents may prioritize their choice due to convenience or considering certain buildin activities including sports over the schools' academic level (Harris and Larsen, 2015).…”

Section: School Choice Process By the Parentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to Blake and Mestry (2021), in frequent cases the parents have utopic expectations as a result of which they fail to make proper decision. This happens when the parent is lack of proper knowledge/experience regarding educational system or has limited financial condition.…”

Section: What Factors Influence the School Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

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Factors influencing the choice of private or public schools: Evidence from Georgia

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Strielkowski

2022

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The existence and development of public schools is influenced by a plethora of factors. Through the creation of education policies, any state education system is striving to accomplish specific goals. Both informal and formal private schooling is taking the lead in all cultures and societies. Unmistakably, the distinction between private and public schools is evident. However, given the different circumstances, choosing the best alternative for a child is regularly a fervently discussed topic among parents. There is no universal answer to the question whether private schools are actually better than or superior to the public schools. Our research aimed to describe the school choice process, it focuses on unveiling the factors and their interrelation while the parent choosing between two types of schools—private and public. First of all, the research aims to describe the parent’s perception of achieving success at school, what is the base for such belief, what the sentence—“School—base of future success” actually mean. How important is so called social index? The significance of the reputation and prestige of the educational institution during school choice process—as a guarantee for future success. The key questions for the research were as follows: (1) How interested the parents are to be actively involved in school choice process and spend certain period of time for that? (2) What factors are considered by the parents during school choice and what is the source they receive information from? (3) Does the family’s socioeconomic condition and the kids gender have influence on the process? It’s worth mentioning that, generally the research results fully coincide with the school choice theory arguments and the research findings conducted in the similar field. All these are described and presented in the first part of the article. The probabilities listed on the base of the current data, that the information source, the parent’s information level, the parents’ engagement as well as the family’s socioeconomic and demographic status play integral role in the school choice process appeared to be genuine. Apparently, the parents are much interested to provide perfect future for their kids, though socioeconomic conditions, environment, poor educational system limits their choice. Once our results compared to the existing literature and theory, one can see that our study conducted in Georgia follows the trends of the developed countries, known as the “Heyneman-Loxley effect.”

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Section: Freedom In School Selection/choice Processmentioning

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Section: School Choice Process By the Parentsmentioning

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Factors influencing the choice of private or public schools: Evidence from Georgia

Tarkhnishvili

Strielkowski

2022

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“…Despite the fact that efforts done by different agency in providing in-service training to the head of schools on decision making on financial management there is still a challenge in most Catholic secondary schools in Catholic Diocese of Musoma on involving of teachers and non-teaching staff on Financial management. There is still a traditional way of thinking about management of school as one-man task than involving others on different decisions (Ntuzela,2018) (Blake and Mestry (2021); Kibriya and Jones (2021); Qamar and Rashid (2022); Tlali and Matete (2021). This could be associated with a lack of leadership skills and poor decision they made.…”

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The study examined the contribution of Christian social service commission management training program in enhancing decision-making on financial management process by heads of Catholic sponsored secondary schools in Catholic Diocese of Musoma. The study was anchored on Human Relations Theory of management which was developed by Marry Parker Follet. The study employed a mixed-method approach in which convergent design was be used. Targeted population community members of nine projects and one leader of CSSC in Catholic Diocese of Musoma. The sample for included eighty project school, heads of school's teachers and non-teaching staff. Data to answer the research questions of this study was collected using two data collection instruments namely; questionnaires, and interview guides. Questionnaires was used to obtain quantitative information from teachers, interview guide was used to collect qualitative data from non-teaching staff, heads of Schools and Chief Coordinator of CSSC. Validity of instruments was assured trustworthiness and dependability by requesting three researchers' experts from Mwenge Catholic University and the Validity of qualitative data was through peer review and triangulations. The reliability was tested by using the Cronbach's Alpha formula using Likert scale questions. The descriptive statistics was analyzed using mean scores, frequencies and percentages and presented in Tables. Analysis of qualitative data was through thematic and transcribe the data was presented in narrations form that which was supported by direct quotations. All along with the study, the researcher highly considered research ethics including the consent of the respondents and confidentiality of the information. The research findings revealed that the heeds of schools enhance the use of decision making on financial management skills in their schools as they were trained but they need to improve the use of the skills to involves all staffs. Basing on the findings of the research study, it can be concluded that the training of CSSC to school heads in Catholic Diocese of Musoma who attended the program enhances the use of decision making on financial management skills in their schools as they were trained in but only, they need to improve the use of the skill to involve both staffs means teaching staff and non-teaching staff on decision making on financial management. The study recommends that training shall be provided to both school managers and heads of schools to enable them to achieve school goals of teachers and institutions.

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The influence of parental demographics on school choice decision-making in Western Gauteng, South Africa

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