The teacher to pupil ratio of South Africa’s largest private schools operator

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The teacher to pupil ratio of South Africa’s largest private schools operator

South Africa's largest private schools operator, Curro Holdings, says it intends to almost double the number of schools it runs by 2020.

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

R90k in schoolfees?!

What's the process of starting a private school? At the amounts of money these guys are making, it seems like a fairly lucrative business

 

[Chevron]

government schools in South Africa have a ratio exceeding 30 pupils for every teacher.

It's really difficult to get any learning done with numbers like that.

 

[DA-LION-619]

It's really difficult to get any learning done with numbers like that.

Growing up what were classroom numbers like?

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

It's really difficult to get any learning done with numbers like that.

Well, that's why some parents spend as much time as they can with their child to do homework and or revision.

I'm one of them.

And if there's no homework, they have to read for 30 minutes.

 

[DA-LION-619]

Well, that's why some parents spend as much time as they can with their child to do homework and or revision.

I'm one of them.

And if there's no homework, they have to read for 30 minutes.

You're one of those parents

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

You're one of those parents

Lol, my kids are 6 and 9. The 6 year old makes up all kinds of mumbo jumbo 75% of the time so most of the stuff she says we ignore It's more about planting that seed.

The 9 year old only chooses to read because she does not want to go to bed. Its either this, go to bed or them running around in the house chasing each other. So, what would you choose

 

[Chevron]

Lol, my kids are 6 and 9. The 6 year old makes up all kinds of mumbo jumbo 75% of the time so most of the stuff she says we ignore It's more about planting that seed.

The 9 year old only chooses to read because she does not want to go to bed. Its either this, go to bed or them running around in the house chasing each other. So, what would you choose

Mental note. I think it's great getting into the habit of reading from an early age.