Abstract
Collaborative leadership in skills development is fundamental for the success of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and state education institutions like Sector Education Training Authorities (SETAs) in promoting sustainable livelihoods and social wellbeing in communities. The purpose of this research was to find out how Nongovernmental Organizations and state education leaders collaborate in building skills, what challenges hamper collaboration and what should be done to improve collaboration. The qualitative research approach was used in this study and nine participants from five organizations were purposely selected and interviewed. The major findings indicated the existence of inadequate collaborative practices between NGOs and educational leaders, exacerbated by recurrent major challenges like disunity or fragmentation amongst NGOs, over dependence on external funding and weak capacity which hampered their sustainability as partners as well as skills developers. This study has not only re-emphasised the need for effective collaborative leadership between NGOs and educational leaders in South Africa, it has also provided suggestions to their numerous challenges.
Highlights
Skills development has been spotted by partners in education as a solution to the damaging effects of skills shortages and unemployment especially in rural communities
The None Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and state education institution leaders’ perceptions on collaboration and best practices to improve on partnerships that emerged from the data were presented as findings and discussed
To stay true to participants rights to anonymity, the following tags were given to respondents from Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs): EL1, EL2 EL3; education NGOs: ENGO1, ENGO2, ENGO3 and ENGO4; Department of Rural Development: RDL1 and RDl2 respectively
Summary
Skills development has been spotted by partners in education as a solution to the damaging effects of skills shortages and unemployment especially in rural communities. There is the growing need for a concerted commitment to continuously seek appropriate practices that could enhance skills development initiatives and sustainable livelihoods (Ayee, 2002). Nair and Campbell (2008), highlight the indispensability of partnerships between marginalized communities and support agencies from the public, private sector and None Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in developing skills, empowering rural communities, and promoting Local Economic Development. Collaborative leadership practices between state education institutions operating as Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) and education NGOs could be one way of improving outcomes in skills development initiatives. The main aim of this study was to identify the challenges encountered so as to improve on cross-organizational collaborative leadership practices in skills development
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