There are few decisions more important than deciding on which school is best for your child. Whether you’re raising the next Michelangelo or Einstein, Trevor Noah, Miriam Makeba or Caster Semenya, you want to make sure you get their learning environment right. 

For an online school like UCT Online High School, education isn’t just an art, it’s a science. Here are the top five things that make this school different:

It’s purpose-built

Unlike most online schools which were retrofitted to cope with the overnight demands of the Covid-19 pandemic, UCT Online High School was purpose-built from scratch on purpose — with one ambition, to change the face of education in South Africa forever. What you’re getting has been thought through by an expert team of learning administrators, course designers and education experts to ensure that it’s fit for the future.

And it’s future fit

We all know that the future is digital, and the COVID-19 pandemic only served to accelerate the extent to which the global economy has truly moved online. While large sections of the adult workforce had to adjust overnight, working remotely, video conferencing and socialising online are already fast becoming the norm for our children. It’s important that their school adequately provides them with all the technical know-how and protection to thrive in a constantly adapting tech landscape.

Their content is created by experts

Old institutions change slowly, whereas a new, future-fit school like UCT Online High School is able to use a team of educational experts to completely modernise the way it creates and delivers academic content. Their courses are intuitive, interactive, and easy to use. All content is guided by a personalised learning plan and your own Support Coach, to ensure that each child’s individual needs are met. Similarly, their mastery-based approach to academics ensures that each learner masters every module before moving on to the next one – this way, there are no gaps in a learner’s tree of knowledge and no learner gets left behind!

Their model is data-driven 

Understanding data is the key to digital success. UCT Online High School uses state of the art real-time data analytics to give their teachers and Support Coaches a comprehensive picture of how each learner is doing. They use data dashboards to see which learners are falling behind, enabling them to keep every learner on track through small group or 1-on-1 sessions. It also means that you, as a guardian, have access to a specially designed Guardian Portal to monitor your child’s progress, so you don’t need to wait for an end-of-term report card to see how your child is doing.

And they know that connection is everything 

School isn’t just about studying hard and doing well, it’s about mastering the social skills necessary to thrive in life. While studying online seems like a big leap to those of us once confined to bricks and mortar, it opens up a whole new world of social possibilities. UCT Online High School has over 50 Virtual Clubs where learners from all over the country meet up to teach and inspire one another as they develop their many talents. Not only that, but learners regularly meet up with friends in their area to play sports and hang out. 

The best part is that you can join the future of education right now for R2 095 per month! 

Enrolments for Term 3 and 2023 are now open.