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Education in South Africa

Yasmin Mahomedy | South Africa | 30 September 2019

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Education

In 2019, education and culture received the largest share of the budget, with a R262.4bn allocation. The country’s education system receives funding which is about 20% of the national budget and 6% of GDP, exceeding that of many sub-Saharan African countries - but they achieve far better educational outcomes than South Africa does. South Africa’s poorest learners depend on dysfunctional public schooling and achieve poor outcomes, and while enrolment at the secondary level has been expanding, completion rates are low. About 400,000 students who started grade one 12 years ago, did not reach grade 12 in 2018. In the higher education sector, universities can accommodate only 18% of South African matriculants and 47% will drop out.

Growth in Independent Education

Companies such as Curro, ADvTECH, Educor, Spark, Pembury and Stadio continue to grow to accommodate the growing need for private education, particular as education continues to remain in crisis and as parents opt for a safe environment, individual attention and quality of learning. At higher education level, private institutions are providing courses that are relevant and matching skills to the requirements of industry.

Government Initiatives

In 2019 government allocated about R30bn for building new schools and maintaining existing infrastructure. There are also plans to introduce technology-focused subjects to the curriculum, such as coding and data analytics, at a primary school level. Coding as a subject will be piloted at 1,000 schools across five provinces starting in 2020. In April 2019, the Department of Basic Education said it had trained 43,774 teachers in computer skills and would begin training teachers for the new coding curriculums from June to September 2019.

Report Coverage

This report focuses on South Africa’s education sector, which is failing the country’s economy. The report includes comprehensive information on the public and private education sectors, including budgets, enrolments, initiatives and various factors influencing the sector. There are profiles of 49 institutions and companies, including the relevant government departments, universities and major private sector players such as Educor, Curro, ADvTECh and Stadio.

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1.	INTRODUCTION	1
2.	DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY	1
2.1.	Tertiary Education Sector	4
2.2.	Industry Value Chain	5
2.3.	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	28
5.3.	Private Sector Initiatives	30
5.4.	Poverty and Lack of Resources	30
5.5.	Language Barriers	31
5.6.	Access to Quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) Facilities	31
5.7.	Corruption	32
5.8.	Access to Schools and Higher Education	32
5.9.	Violence and Unrest	34
5.10.	Technology, R&D and Innovation	34
5.11.	Labour	36
6.	COMPETITION	40
6.1.	Barriers to Entry	40
7.	SWOT ANALYSIS	41
8.	OUTLOOK	41
9.	INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS	42
10.	REFERENCES	43
10.1.	Publications	43
10.2.	Websites	44
	APPENDIX 1 – SUMMARY OF MAJOR PLAYERS	45
	Independent Educational Institutions in South Africa	45
	Public Schools	48
	Public and Private Universities	49
	Correspondence and Private Vocational Colleges	52
	COMPANY PROFILES - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION	54
	ADVTECH LTD	54
	BASA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE TRUST	60
	CURRO HOLDINGS LTD	62
	DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION	69
	EADVANCE (PTY) LTD	72
	EDUCOR HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD	74
	FUTURE NATION SCHOOLS (PTY) LTD	77
	GENERATION EDUCATION (PTY) LTD	79
	LEAP SCIENCE & MATHS SCHOOLS	81
	NOVA PIONEER SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD	84
	PEMBURY LIFESTYLE GROUP LTD	86
	COMPANY PROFILES – EDUCATION BY UNIVERSITIES	90
	ADVTECH LTD	90
	CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	96
	CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, FREE STATE	100
	DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (PTY) LTD	104
	MANGOSUTHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	108
	NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY	112
	NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY	117
	PEARSON INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION (PTY) LTD	122
	RHODES UNIVERSITY	126
	SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY	130
	SOL PLAATJE UNIVERSITY	132
	TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	134
	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	139
	UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE	143
	UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG	146
	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	152
	UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO	158
	UNIVERSITY OF MPUMALANGA	162
	UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA	165
	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA	170
	UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH	176
	UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE	181
	UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE	185
	UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND	189
	UNIVERSITY OF VENDA	194
	UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND (THE)	198
	VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	202
	WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY	205
	COMPANY PROFILES - CORRESPONDENCE AND PRIVATE VOCATIONAL COLLEGES	209
	ADVTECH LTD	209
	BOSTON CITY CAMPUS AND BUSINESS COLLEGE (PTY) LTD	215
	BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TRAINING COLLEGE (PTY) LTD	219
	BUSINESS SCHOOL OF SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD (THE)	221
	EDUCOR HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD	222
	FOSTER-MELLIAR (PTY) LTD	225
	MANCOSA (PTY) LTD	227
	PEARSON INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION (PTY) LTD	229
	REGENESYS MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD	233
	REGENT BUSINESS SCHOOL (PTY) LTD	235
	RICHFIELD GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (PTY) LTD	238
	SANTS PRIVATE UNIVERSITY (PTY) LTD	241
	STADIO HOLDINGS LTD	243
	TSIBA EDUCATION	246