The Role of the College Council at Public FET Colleges in Gauteng

Public Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges are governed by a College Council, which need to perform actions in order to govern the Public FET College. (RSA, 2006:9). In order to discuss the governance role of the Public Further Education and Training Council, a historical perspective of Public Further Education and Training Colleges was firstly discussed. Extensive literature reviews of Public FET Colleges and Businesses were undertaken in order to provide a solid foundation for further quantitative research. An existing questionnaire developed to measure good corporate governance was used as a measuring instrument for the research. The questionnaire was designed within the framework of corporate governance applicable to Public FET Colleges and can be used for future research studies. The approach adopted for this study is of a quantitative nature, where data was obtained in the form of scores, which were tabulated, analysed and displayed in a graphical format. The primary objective of the research was to investigate the role of the College Council of Public FET Colleges in Gauteng.