Education in South Africa 2018
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R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $ 120.50 (USD)*
Report Coverage
The Education report is a comprehensive report of the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, which were previously researched separately. It examines current conditions and focuses on academic standards and initiatives to improve these standards. The report profiles 51 school groups, universities and other educational institutions. It includes information on numbers of teachers and learners in the country, and reports on significant events which have influenced the sector including the effects of government’s announcement of free tertiary education and disruption caused by student protests.
The South African Education Sector
This report focuses on South Africa’s primary, secondary and tertiary education sectors, which continue to remain in a turmoil. Despite high levels of investment by the government, South African education lags behind comparable countries in literacy and numeracy. By the end of Grade 4, 58% of children cannot read fluently and with comprehension and more than half the children who start in Grade 1 do not reach Grade 12. In the higher education sector, 50-60% of South African students drop out after the first year and only a minority of students complete a three-year degree in the allotted time.
The Growing Independent Sector
The failure of public education continued to provide growth for the independent school and tertiary sector, which has expanded rapidly. Major players include Curro Holdings, South Africa’s largest private education company in the primary and secondary sector, operating 148 schools across 60 campuses and ADvTECH, which had 89 schools as of 31 December 2017. This sector includes an increasing number of low fee-paying institutions.
Table of Contents
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| 2. | DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY | 1 |
| 2.1. | Primary and Secondary Education | 1 |
| 2.2. | Tertiary Education Sector | 4 |
| 2.3. | Industry Value Chain | 5 |
| 2.4. | Geographic Position | 6 |
| 3. | SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY | 8 |
| 4. | STATE OF THE INDUSTRY | 10 |
| 4.1. | Local | 10 |
| 4.1.1. | Corporate Actions | 21 |
| 4.1.2. | Regulations | 21 |
| 4.1.3. | Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development | 24 |
| 4.2. | Continental | 25 |
| 4.3. | International | 27 |
| 5. | INFLUENCING FACTORS | 28 |
| 5.1. | Economic Environment and Rising Costs | 28 |
| 5.2. | Government Initiatives | 29 |
| 5.3. | Private Sector Initiatives | 30 |
| 5.4. | Poverty and Lack of Resources | 30 |
| 5.5. | Language Barriers | 30 |
| 5.6. | Access to Quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) Facilities | 31 |
| 5.7. | Poor School Management and Corruption | 31 |
| 5.8. | Access to Higher Education | 32 |
| 5.9. | Violence and Unrest | 32 |
| 5.10. | Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation | 33 |
| 5.11. | Labour | 35 |
| 6. | COMPETITION | 39 |
| 6.1. | Barriers to Entry | 40 |
| 7. | SWOT ANALYSIS | 40 |
| 8. | OUTLOOK | 41 |
| 9. | INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS | 41 |
| 10. | REFERENCES | 43 |
| 10.1. | Publications | 43 |
| 10.2. | Websites | 43 |
| APPENDIX 1 – SUMMARY OF MAJOR PLAYERS | 45 | |
| Independent Educational Institutions in South Africa | 45 | |
| Public Schools | 48 | |
| Public and Private Universities | 48 | |
| Correspondence and Private Vocational Colleges | 51 | |
| APPENDIX 2 | 54 | |
| Outcomes Based Education (OBE) and Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) | 54 | |
| COMPANY PROFILES - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION | 56 | |
| ADVTECH LTD | 56 | |
| BASA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE TRUST | 61 | |
| CURRO HOLDINGS LTD | 63 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION | 69 | |
| EADVANCE (PTY) LTD | 73 | |
| EDUCOR HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD | 76 | |
| FUTURE NATION SCHOOLS (PTY) LTD | 80 | |
| GENERATION EDUCATION (PTY) LTD | 82 | |
| LEAP SCIENCE & MATHS SCHOOLS | 84 | |
| PEMBURY LIFESTYLE GROUP LTD | 87 | |
| PIONEER ACADEMIES (PTY) LTD | 91 | |
| COMPANY PROFILES – EDUCATION BY UNIVERSITIES | 93 | |
| ADVTECH LTD | 93 | |
| CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | 98 | |
| CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, FREE STATE | 102 | |
| CTI EDUCATION GROUP (PTY) LTD | 105 | |
| DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (PTY) LTD | 108 | |
| MANGOSUTHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | 112 | |
| MONASH SOUTH AFRICA LTD | 116 | |
| NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY | 119 | |
| NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY | 124 | |
| RHODES UNIVERSITY | 129 | |
| SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY | 133 | |
| SOL PLAATJE UNIVERSITY | 136 | |
| TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | 139 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN | 144 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE | 148 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG | 152 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL | 157 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO | 163 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF MPUMALANGA | 167 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA | 170 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA | 175 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH | 182 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE | 187 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE | 191 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND | 195 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF VENDA | 201 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND (THE) | 205 | |
| VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | 209 | |
| WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY | 213 | |
| COMPANY PROFILES - CORRESPONDENCE AND PRIVATE VOCATIONAL COLLEGES | 216 | |
| ADVTECH LTD | 216 | |
| BOSTON CITY CAMPUS AND BUSINESS COLLEGE (PTY) LTD | 221 | |
| BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TRAINING COLLEGE (PTY) LTD | 225 | |
| BUSINESS SCHOOL OF SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD (THE) | 227 | |
| CTI EDUCATION GROUP (PTY) LTD | 228 | |
| EDUCOR HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD | 231 | |
| FOSTER-MELLIAR (PTY) LTD | 235 | |
| MANCOSA (PTY) LTD | 237 | |
| PEARSON INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION (PTY) LTD | 239 | |
| REGENESYS MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD | 242 | |
| REGENT BUSINESS SCHOOL (PTY) LTD | 244 | |
| RICHFIELD GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (PTY) LTD | 247 | |
| SANTS PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION (PTY) LTD | 249 | |
| STADIO HOLDINGS LTD | 251 | |
| TSIBA EDUCATION | 254 |
