Empowering Good Governance Practices Among Orphanage Centres

The main social factor in most of Orphanage Centre is to promote child development. Appropriate childcare can enhance a child’s social and intellectual development (Leach et al., 2008). Even though most childcare research focuses on the education of the child, but according to Maloney (2016), the management and governance of the centres can influence the employment, resources and culture of the centre, which in turn can affect the care of the children. It is expected that the Good Governance Model advocate the effectiveness of good governance practices in Orphanage Centre by enhancing monitoring and more importantly facilitating management of orphanage care in their efforts to provide care as well as socio-economic development of the children at the orphanages. This study employed a mixed-methods approach to investigate corporate governance practices in orphanage centers. The approach included in-depth interviews with two centers and a questionnaire survey that was administered to multiple institutions affiliated with YIDE. Besides, elements of good governance model have been identified to improve monitoring and facilitation towards orphanage centers. This is important to propose a comprehensive guidance to orphanage Centres in discharging their duties on matters relating to governance in providing quality monitoring role.

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