(University of the Free State, 2009) Joubert, Rika
English: The South African Schools Act stipulates that school governing bodies are responsible
for drafting certain school policies. This article reports on a qualitative research
study conducted in 50 schools in Gauteng to trace the functionality of the
school governing bodies with regard to policy-making. A critical evaluation of the
admission, language and religious policies as well as codes of conduct provides
substantial
evidence that school governing bodies are committed to the values of
equality and human dignity, and actively promote non-racism and non-sexism in
their policies.