Perception of teachers, students, manager and the community on operating conditions and being a school board member

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyze the perceptions of teachers, students, managers and the community about the working conditions and of being a member of the school council, in the Mozambican context. The study was carried out in one of the primary schools in the district of Lichinga, Province of Niassa - Mozambique. For that, we opted for qualitative research with bibliographic support. For data collection, the semi-structured interview technique was applied to representatives of teachers, the community, students, the President of the School Council and the School Director. Data were analyzed using the technique of content analysis. The study showed that there is, among the ators of education, knowledge about what a School Council is, although they lack knowledge about the conditions to be part of this body. It was also found that there are material conditions for the functioning of the School Council, but the lack of training for the members of this body constitutes one of the problems in the participatory management of the members of the School Council. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the material and training conditions to guarantee the full functioning of the School Councils.