Newsletters 2015-10-21 Newsletter 17 Education Districts Many research done in South Africa on the efficiency of the School District concluded that this part of the school system has failed us. The national policy on School Districts articulated three basic functions of the School District namely, education provisioning, school support and accountability. Speaking from experience the professional staffing of the School District Office is in crisis. The tension amongst the three pillars, education provisioning, school support and accountability is exacerbated by bureaucratic organisational demand and expediency pulling staff in all directions but masters of none. In a recent paper on the functions of School Districts the Washington University identified the following core functions of School District Personnel more specific principal supervisors;
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