Report Coverage
The South African Primary and Secondary Education Sector report describes current conditions and focuses on academic standards and initiatives to improve these standards. The report profiles 11 independent school groups and includes information on the number of government schools, teachers and learners in the country. Profiles for new entrants into the sector are also provided. These include Pembury Lifestyle Group (PLG), which in November 2016 listed its PLG Schools on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s Alternative Exchange, and Future Nation Schools (Pty) Ltd, which follows a project-based learning approach which tries to encourage learners to design, plan and execute extended projects by applying the theory they learn to solve real world problems.
The South African Primary and Secondary Education Sector
For the 2018/19 financial year the allocation for Basic Education has been increased to R751.9bn, an increase of R1.1bn from the 2016/2017 financial year. However, despite years of investment into the sector with government spending on Basic Education reaching 15% of the total budget, South Africa’s public Primary and Secondary education sectors remain in crisis. The education sector is still struggling to overcome poor literacy levels, low Mathematics and Science results, a high drop-out rate and under-performing teachers.
The Growing Independent School Sector
The failure of public school education to overcome these challenges has continued to provide growth for the independent school sector, which has expanded rapidly throughout the country. This sector is represented by the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa (ISASA), which serves 765 schools, with its member schools educating more than 168,000 pupils. An increasing number of independent schools are low-fee schools serving disadvantaged communities, including learners from informal settlements, inner cities and rural areas. Although there are a number of high-fee independent schools in the country, the majority are mid- and low-fee schools and approximately 25% of its member schools receive state subsidies.
Historical Reports
Education in South Africa 2020-11-18
R 6 500.00(ZAR) estimated $393.98 (USD)*
View Report Add to CartEducation in South Africa 2019-09-30
R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $115.16 (USD)*
View Report Add to CartEducation in South Africa 2018-10-10
R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $115.16 (USD)*
View Report Add to CartPrimary and Secondary Education in South Africa 2016-05-17
R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $115.16 (USD)*
View Report Add to CartPrimary and Secondary Education in South Africa 2015-06-23
R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $115.16 (USD)*
View Report Add to CartPrimary and Secondary Education in South Africa 2014-04-07
R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $115.16 (USD)*
View Report Add to CartTable of Contents
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1. | INTRODUCTION | 1 |
2. | DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY | 1 |
2.1. | Industry Value Chain | 4 |
2.2. | Geographic Position | 4 |
3. | SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY | 5 |
4. | STATE OF THE INDUSTRY | 14 |
4.1. | Local | 14 |
4.1.1. | Corporate Actions | 23 |
4.1.2. | Regulations | 24 |
4.1.3. | Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development | 25 |
4.2. | Continental | 25 |
4.3. | International | 27 |
5. | INFLUENCING FACTORS | 28 |
5.1. | Government Support and Initiatives | 28 |
5.2. | Economic Environment | 28 |
5.3. | Poverty and a Lack of Resources | 29 |
5.4. | Language Barriers | 30 |
5.5. | Access to Quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) Facilities | 30 |
5.6. | Poor School Management and Corruption | 31 |
5.7. | Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation | 31 |
5.8. | Labour | 32 |
6. | COMPETITION | 35 |
7. | SWOT ANALYSIS | 36 |
8. | OUTLOOK | 36 |
9. | INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS | 37 |
10. | REFERENCES | 38 |
10.1. | Publications | 38 |
10.2. | Websites | 38 |
APPENDIX 1 | 40 | |
Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) | 40 | |
APPENDIX 2 | 41 | |
Outcomes Based Education (OBE) and Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) | 41 | |
COMPANY PROFILES | 43 | |
ADVTECH LTD | 43 | |
BASA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE TRUST | 48 | |
CURRO HOLDINGS LTD | 50 | |
DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION | 56 | |
EADVANCE (PTY) LTD | 60 | |
EDUCOR HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD | 62 | |
FUTURE NATION SCHOOLS (PTY) LTD | 65 | |
LEAP SCIENCE & MATHS SCHOOLS | 67 | |
PEMBURY LIFESTYLE GROUP LTD | 70 | |
PIONEER ACADEMIES (PTY) LTD | 73 | |
SUMMIT EDUCATION (PTY) LTD | 75 | |
TREMATON CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LTD | 76 |