Perspectives of primary school principals on the influence of the Whole School Evaluation

Twenty primary school principals in the Tshwane South District of South Africa participated in semi-structured interviews and transect walks for this qualitative case study. The data explores their perspectives on the influence of the Whole School Evaluation policy on school improvement at township schools. The dataset was authored by Zulwini Nkabinde and is available as a 3.3 MB PDF under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing qualitative themes on policy understanding and implementation challenges based on interview transcripts.
• Studying the perceived impact of the Whole School Evaluation policy on school improvement from leadership perspectives.
• Applying the theory of change framework to qualitative data on educational policy outcomes.

Strengths

• Data was collected from 20 primary school principals via semi-structured interviews and transect walks.
• The dataset is available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
• The study is grounded in a specific theoretical framework (theory of change).

Limitations

• The dataset is a 3.3 MB PDF; the underlying qualitative data (e.g., interview transcripts) may not be machine-readable.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent, limiting suitability assessment.
• The data reflects perspectives from a specific geographic area (Tshwane South District) and may not be generalizable.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Purposive sampling of 20 primary school principals, with data collected via semi-structured interviews and transect walks, then thematically analyzed.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 19:52:47; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Township schools in the Tshwane South District, South Africa.