My institution’s governing body is made up of senior management, associate vice presidents, Deans etc. The University also has a council with external stakeholders. Each associate vice president has expertise over their own area and they provide strategic direction for their individual areas and they collaborate with others as well.
.Governing Council
- Leadership and Management
- Financial management
- Industry
- Engineering
- Information Communication Technology
- Law
- Community representative
a) Leadership and management
This officer will bring on board the leadership skills that will champion the institution by providing necessary guidance and advice to the council and management on the nest practices on matters leadership of SNP.
b) Financial Management
This officer will guide the institution on matters finance to ensure prudent spending and minimize risks that might lead to financial losses. This will also ensure value for money hence general improvement of the institution.
c) Industry
This officer will link the institution with the industry in matters development of CBET curricula that are aligned to the needs of the industry.
d) Engineering and Technology
Since our institution has a mandate of championing skills acquisition in Science Technology Engineering Agriculture and Mathematics, it is very important to have members on the council to represent these areas to ensure all the working documents or tools such as the strategic plan, all relevant policies are aligned to the mandate of spearheading STEAM courses.
e) Law
The officer with law background will assist the council to guide management to ensure that all activities are conducted within and in align with the rule of law in reference to the Constitution of Kenya 2010
f) Community representatives
The institution must have that link with the community collaborating in several ways. For example, our students stay within the community in private hostels, also for social cooperate responsibility where our institution offers some services to the institution.
Hello Robert, thank you for your contribution here. I think indicating the area represented by each member is also important.
Local area MP- Able to inform the governing council the available resources.
Local community elder - Ability to inform the members of the history of the school
Senior teacher- help in maters concerning education
Retired company manager -help in procurement matters
Local business person = help in identifying potential suppliers
(a) the chairperson;
(b) the Principal Secretary in the Ministry for the time being responsible for matters relating to technical and vocational education and training;
(c) the Principal Secretary in the Ministry for the time being responsible for finance;
(d) five members appointed by the Cabinet Secretary by virtue of their knowledge and experience in-
(i) leadership and management ; (ii) financial management;
(iii) industry; (iv) engineering;
(v) information communication technology;or
(vi) law; and
(e) the Principal, who shall be an ex-officio member o f the
Council.
-
The governing body of the institution I identified in LA 2 is called a management board.
-
The governing body comprises the following people:
-
representative from the local community
-
representative from the religious community
-
representative from the financial community/sector
-
representative from the provincial government
-
representative from the Ministry of Technology and Science
The TEVETA Board constitutes members from governments ministries of education and youth and sport because of the common goal of empowering and skilling the youths. We also have representation from the employers as the consumers of our graduate. The informal and private sector is also represented . National Union also plays an important role in the board to give guidance on the conditions of service that graduates are supposed to find in industry.
The issue of policing is a common feeling for most institutions when external quality assurance is used. For this reason TEVETA in Zambia is moving towards institutionalizing quality assurance so that school governance enhances quality assurance in the education set up, ODFL inclusive.
The School Governing Body of my choice consists of;
- The management board;
Recruit, supervise, retain, evaluate and compensate the manager, Provide direction for the organization., Establish a policy based governance system. - Principal:
The role of the Principal is to oversee every aspect of a school, from teacher evaluations to student achievement, - Vice-Principal:
To assist in the roles of the Principal - Head of Departments:
Provide professional leadership to the staff they supervise - Lecturers:
Preparing lessons plan and delivering the planned to students
well articulated. Thank for sharing.
Will discuss TEVETA which is a regulatory authourity that registers,monitorp and regulates tevet training in Zambia.TEVETA is governed by a board whose composition includes representation from the parent Ministry(Ministry of Technology and science) and other line ministries .All these are key as they all have a part in skills development and industry is also part as is the highest consumer of skills.