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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