College SA

College SA is a distance learning college located in Tygervalley Bellville, South Africa and serving students throughout South Africa.

The College SA head office in Cape Town, South Africa.

History

College SA was initially established in partnership with the Curro School Group, as Curro College in 2007. In 2008, the Curro School Partners sold their shares in the college and Curro College became College SA.

From inception, College SA's mission was to provide affordable distance learning to the many South Africans who could neither afford traditional tertiary education; such as Universities or Technikons, nor met the entry requirements of these institutions. The fact that many tertiary and further education institutions insisted on a Matric qualification in order to enrol prospective students into one of their academic programmes meant that many South Africans could not turn to these institutions to improve their career prospects.

This gap in the market afforded College SA the opportunity to provide quality distance education to thousands of students. Initially the bulk of the material was sourced from reputable third party providers but it soon became apparent that the need for more affordable, high quality course material was needed. With this in mind the College began producing a range of its own courses which was purpose built to address the unique needs of the distance learning student and backed by an academic support system.

From 2008, College SA grew from strength to strength and added more than 200 courses to its prospectus which included both non accredited as well as nationally and internationally accredited courses. It eventually opened its own in-house printing department to meet the high demand. In 2016 the majority shareholding in the company was sold to JSE listed RECM and Calibre Limited (RAC) and Tabaldi Investment Holdings Pty Ltd (TIH) (the family investment vehicle for Richard and Yvonne Starkey).

Dimitrios Ladielis was promoted to Managing Director as well as a key shareholder and was entrusted to take the College forward in line with the new larger group vision and strategy.The new vision for College SA is to become the most trusted provider of distance education in Africa, with the 4 key values of: • Trust • Hope • Inclusivity • Innovation

RAC and TIH have already made other key investments in other educational assets including Tabaldi Education (Tabaldi Online Accounting Classroom), UK based IASeminars, HBM Edu Tech and Optic Blaze Media.

Together these educational organisations provide strong support and synergy that will allow College SA to deliver on its new vision, and impact South Africa positively in the years to come.

Accreditation and registration

College SA is provisionally registered with the South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) as a private FET college. Further Education and Training (FET) refers to education at the level of Grade 12, and is usually focused on skills development and on preparing students for entry into the workplace.[1]

College SA has been accredited by FASSET and the Services SETA to offer a variety of national qualifications in bookkeeping, office administration, and management.[2] Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) such as FASSET and the Services SETA are responsible for overseeing skills development and training in their respective industry sectors, as well as for implementing quality assurance measures to ensure that certain standards are maintained on a national level.[3]

College SA is also recognised as a training provider by the following professional bodies:

• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)[4]

• CompTIA [5]

• Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB)[6]

Mode of delivery

College SA is a distance learning provider. All of their courses are offered via correspondence, and are available to students all over South Africa,[7] as well as to students in a number of other African countries. Academic support is provided to students by means of telephone, e-mail, and instant messaging programmes such as Skype.

Qualifications

College SA offers the following types of courses to students:

• Certificate Courses

• Diploma Courses

• Short Courses

• Workplace Skills Courses

• College SA Courses

• Fully accredited FET courses

Fields of study

Courses at College SA are offered in the following fields of study:

• Accounting and Bookkeeping

• Administration and Secretarial

• Beauty Therapy

• Business Studies

• Child Care

• Computer Studies

• Creative Studies

• Decor and Design

• Hospitality and Tourism

• Investigation and Forensics

• Management

• Sport and Fitness

• Technical Studies

• Writing

Location

College SA has their office in Cape Town. South Africa. The main office is in Cape Town -

College SA - Head office

Unit MP53B, Mega Park C/O Peter Barlow & Mill Street, Belville South, Western Cape ( Offices are relocating in June. 2016 )

References

  1. ↑ "The List of Registered Private FET Colleges". Dhet.gov.za. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  2. ↑ "FET College Information | Western Cape Government". Westerncape.gov.za. 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  3. ↑ "College SA Diploma in Beauty Therapy". Courses4africa.co.za. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  4. ↑ "College SA". Cimaglobal.com. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  5. ↑ "Authorized Service Center, ASC Certification Program". Asc.comptia.org. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  6. ↑ "Western Cape Training Providers - Institute of Certified Bookkeepers, South Africa". Icb.org.za. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  7. ↑ "Skills Education Training Authorities. SETA Offices in South Africa". Vocational.co.za. Retrieved 2014-02-23.

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