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Intellectual information remains the property of the dBe and it may not be reproduced without obtaining prior permission  \nfrom the dBe or its Legal Section.  \nFoRewoRd By tHe MInISteR  \nSchool Governing Bodies (SGBs) and Representative Councils of Learners (RCLs) are agents of social change in our democratic schooling dispensation, guided by the principles of accountability, fairness, transparency and equity. However, social exclusion and discrimination on grounds such as race, gender, class, language, ethnicity and religion remain a challenge in most of our public schools. Discrimination is, of course, antithetical to the founding values of our Constitution that enjoins us to uphold human dignity, freedoms and the advancement of human rights.  \nThe current education policy regime places particular emphasis on SGBs in their role as gatekeepersof the progressive intentions of our national policy framework. Similarly, the national system of basic education also looks to RCLs in its quest to develop and entrench a democratic ethos and adherence to the founding values of our new democratic dispensation. As a department, we acknowledge that, while there is clearly a strong will to make a difference, the hard reality is that many SGBs and RCLs do not have the benefit of adequate training in the sphere of values, human rights and attendant obligations that the human rights  \nframework imposes on them. Given these inadequacies, some SGBs still feel disempowered to effect meaningful change to their schools.  \nThe Department of Basic Education has developed this step-by-step training manual to help SGBs and RCLs improve their governance capacity.The manual is a resource for all stakeholders committed to fostering good governance framed by human rights principles and Constitutional values.Through the training that this manual supports, SGBs and RCLs will be better equipped to work optimally in diverse schooling contexts. In essence, we see SGBs and RCLs as the epitome of grassroots democracy at work.  \nIn most situations, SGBs act as a conduit between the parents and the school, thus underscoring the critical role they play. Accordingly, our Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign (QLTC) places the same onus on parents, together with teachers, learners, and the principal in ensuring that quality teaching and learning occurs, with all key stakeholders playing a role.The manual has therefore been written to strengthen the component of parental involvement (through the SGBs) in the education of their children. We make particular  \nmention of parental involvement since, as part of realising goal 22 of the Action Plan 2014: Towards the Realisation of Schooling, which promotes parental and community participation in school governance. 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