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POLICY ON THE ORGANIZATION, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EDUCATION DISTRICTS

CONTENTS

1 Mandate and Scope of the policy

The policy mandate.

Limitations of the policy

 Equity and district organization

Scope of the policy

 2 The concept of the education district

Levels of education management and accountability

Roles

Standard nomenclature

Education district

District office

District director

Circuit manager

 3 Education district boundaries and norms

Boundaries

Sensible alignment

Education districts within metropolitan municipalities

Education district within district municipalities

District size norms

Implementing the district norms and alignment

4 Education district organisation, functions and delegations

Provincial/district co-ordination, support and monitoring

District organisation and functions

District curriculum support team

District management support team

District learner support team

District operations team

18 Delegations 19 Batho Pele 

5 Staffing district office

Principles

The model

Parameters

Factor

6. Conclusion

Questions