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- ItemA conceptual analysis of the provision of a private school in a Namibian town(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12) Nieuwoudt, Reyno; Van Wyk, Berte; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Education. Education Policy Studies.ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study draws on the work done by Gadamer on hermeneutics. Gadamer’s hermeneutics mainly focuses on the understanding and interpretation of text. Using this as a platform for my study, I conducted a conceptual analysis of the provision of a private school in a Namibian town. This was done by analysing policies that influenced the position and development of the private school in its current form. The study of hermeneutics assisted me in developing an acute awareness of where the originator and the receiver of policy documentation stand in relation to the text of the policies. The town of Oranjemund is going through transformation in becoming a 'normalised' town. All town functions used to be owned and managed by Namdeb, which meant that the Mine not only focused on the mining operations, but also focussed on managing town amenities like the only school, the hospital, town library, town swimming pool and the recreational clubs. De Beers conducted mining operations along the north-western coast of South Africa for many years. In a similar situation as Oranjemund, as part of an attraction and retention strategy, amongst all the other incentives, schools were built in Kleinsee and Alexander Bay. These private schools were carbon copies of each other. Similar buildings, similar funding and even similar organisational structures. There was also a distant correlation with the De Beers School situated in Botswana. The schools in Kleinsee and Alexander Bay were handed over to the Ministry of Education in the Northern Cape. The impact on the schools was quite severe and no longer functioned as private schools. The attraction and retention of skilled labour was lost and the mines suffered losses in skilled labour. This while the mines in Kleinsee and Alexander Bay underwent serious reconstruction and changes in management and ownership due to production and economic challenges. The main aim of my research would be to do a conceptual analysis of the provision of a private school in Oranjemund. The research would indicate whether there is a place for a private school in this community if it depends only on the support of the parents or whether it needs major support from a major sponsor like Namdeb to be sustainable. Further to this study, policy research and the impact it has on society, especially in these remote areas, is something I investigated and described in my findings.