Parents' perceptions of a private school: a case study of parents at Leribe District, Hlotse Town.
Date
2014-06-06
Authors
Mohapi, Mataelo Maria-Gratia
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Abstract
The purpose of this research is to investigate and describe parents’ perceptions of the
private community school at Hareeng Enghs/i Medium Community School in Leribe
district. The study uses the conceptual framework of parental choice of school. This is
done with a view that parents’ choice of schooling is related to the assumption that the
private community school has a good learning environment. Because the parents
assume that the school is good, the study shifted to explore the question of what
makes a good learning environment. In order to obtain an exhaustive examination,
data was derived from three sets of questionnaire. Data was obtained using openended
questionnaires from a sample of Hareeng English medium Community school
parents and teachers, andPhelane public school teachers.
The results show that the parents’ choice in this study is not informed by the idea that
the school is either public or private. Instead the study found that parents’ choice is
influenced by the idea that the school has a good learning environment. When
analysis of parents’ understanding of a good learning environment is done, the study
discovered that parents’ understanding though educational, is not consistent with the
literature on school quality.