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Policies, regulations and rules in schools (Macro-level (Policies, Norms…

- - - - Order and discipline at schools
        
        Section 8A - Search and seizure of dangerous weapons and drugs
        
        This Act ensures the safety of both teachers and staff, as well as the safety of fellow pupils.
        
        Section 9 - Disciplinary hearing - serious misconduct - suspension 97 days) or expulsion
        
        This protects the teachers and fellow students from further misbehaviour and misconduct.
        
        Section 8 - School of conduct
      - School governing body functions
      - Section 10 - prohibition of corporal punishment
        
        No matter who you are, you are not allowed to administer any form of corporal punishment to any student at a school regardless of the circumstances.
        
        This protects the child from being physically harmed, however, this can have negative consequences for the teacher, as students could push boundaries knowing that they will not be physically punished for their actions.
      - School principal role and functions
        
        To ensure that there is management in place for important roles within schools, this section of the schools act is imperative. These roles will assure that the right procedures are followed and the right structures are in place to help the school run efficiently. This is beneficial to both the teachers and learners, as without this system, it would be harder to teach and learn.
  - - - This is beneficial for the student as if their parents cannot afford school fees, the child still has a right to attend school and learn. This however can have a negative result for the teacher as the school might not have enough money for the teacher's resources and school expenses depending on their budget.
    - - This helps ensure that both the parents and students are never in danger when attending school.
    - - Very important and beneficial for the student, as it protects the student from being victimised, potentially abused and or embarrassed.
  - - - Single medium
        
        One language taught within a school, for example purely an Afrikaans school or purely an English school.
        
        Having a single medium school is detrimental to our country as South Africa does not have sufficient amount of schools to house the number of students requiring education and having single medium schools narrows down this number even further. It is also very limiting to the students to only learn one language.
      - Parallel Medium
        
        Two different languages taught in one school, for example English and Afrikaans.
        
        Having a parallel medium school would be the ideal language medium as it is not limiting the students to one language and it's also not time consuming or confusing much like a double medium would be. This type of medium would be the most beneficial for teachers and learners, as teachers do not have to explain the same work to two separate groups of individuals within the same class (double medium) and lessons could be more effective and beneficial.
      - Double Medium
        
        Two different languages taught in one class, for example Zulu and English.
        
        A double medium class can be very time consuming and confusing. If a teacher had to explain the same content in two different languages within a 45 minute lesson to two different groups of people, less work would get done and it could possibly confuse the students and be harder for them to follow the teacher's lesson and instructions.
    - - If you as a teacher work at a quintile 1,2 or 3 school which does not receive sufficient amount of fees from parents to help cover the basic school expenses, this can have a huge affect on your abilities to teach effectively and the same for a student needing to learn. Therefore it is important that schools are allowed to run school funding events in order to raise money to help elevate these financial burdens and limitations.
    - - This helps ensure that there are basic infrastructures and facilities available for teachers and learners such as running electricity, water, sanitation, security, laboratories, electronic connectivity and a library.
        
        Effective teaching and learning cannot take place without basic infrastructure as it would be harder for teachers to carry out their lessons without a classroom to house the students, a board to explain concepts and electricity to prep lessons and resources. It is also a basic human right to have access to running water, sanitation and security. Without these, students would not feel comfortable or confident. This would make teaching more difficult as students could become uncooperative and unresponsive.
    - - This regulation helps ensure that there is sufficient amount of space available in correlation to the amount of students the school is allowed to accept. If classrooms are too crowded this can have an affect on the students learning abilities and the teacher's abilities to teach their learners effectively. If there is not enough space, students will be unable to write and work effectively and this will also limit the teachers ability to walk around the classroom and help struggling students.
    - - CAPS is beneficial for the teacher as it creates a foundation of what is required for subjects and lessons for each grade and subject, including focus areas and hours required. CAPS is also beneficial for the learner as it focuses on important key skills and content that the students needs to be taught by the teacher.
    - - This policy would help protect students from discrimination based on the language/languages they speak.
      - The language policy would also help avoid learning challenges based on the fact that children cannot understand the language they are learning in.
  - - - This is the only provincial act that would effect my students and I as we reside in Gauteng.
    - - Gauteng Regulations on the admission of learners to public schools
      - Regulations on the election of schools governing bodies
      - Regulations for the funding of public schools
      - Regulations and post provisioning for schools
      - Regulations for the minimum infrastructure for public schools