WHAT WE DO

Star Schools is an educational services provider with a proven track record of success in the supplementary education field, offering tuition and educational materials to selected learners.

The Star Schools programme focuses on Grade 10, 11 and 12 learners from under-resourced schools across South Africa, and is designed to help them achieve their potential in their final matriculation examinations and thus gain entry to higher education within the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. The Trust is proud to be associated with Star Schools, and looks forward to continuing its partnership for the benefit of our young people, and the bright future they so richly deserve.

U-Prep is a focused first opportunity university preparation programme, targeting Grade 11 and 12 learners from the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State.

With an emphasis on integrated supplementary tuition, U-Prep offers classes in mathematics and physical sciences, preparing gifted learners from disadvantaged communities for university admission by improving their educational experience through quality support.

Through its partnership with U-Prep, the Trust is able to support the mainstream national school curriculum with an additional focus on career and foundational assistance, giving learners the opportunity to make informed programme and career choices, as well as processing university and bursary applications.

Thanks to this shared commitment, U-Prep will continue in its mission to support university preparation for the benefit of gifted young minds and their futures – an endeavour truly inspiring to us all.

The Nine Tenths programme mentors Grade 10 to 12 high school learners in Makhanda, helping to support them through high school and prepare them for university entrance.

 Guided by Rhodes University student volunteers, the aim of the mentoring programme is to help learners attain the academic results they need to enable them to successfully apply for tertiary study at Rhodes University.

Having seen the Nine Tenths programme as a new opportunity to help alleviate the education crisis in the Eastern Cape, the Trust formally began its partnership with the initiative in 2020.

Since the inception of the programme, the number of learners from disadvantaged schools being accepted at tertiary institutions has increased from 10 in 2011 to approximately 100 in 2021. What a statistic like this proves is just how significantly a programme like Nine Tenths can help to transform the education sector, addressing the challenges of the past while helping learners to make a meaningful, lasting contribution to our society.