Week 7 - South African Distance Education (My Example)

With the business for online education growing in Africa due to the constant low level of qualifications people gain, I thought I’d keep to this area of the world for those who want to take their educational lives past primary level.
With countries in the south of the continent having a better economy in general, I thought I’d take a look into what South Africa offers it’s children in today’s educational world which the use of technology.
Therefore I found a site called SAIDE, which stands for South African Institute for Distant Learning.

With the organisation having principles including:
· Lifelong learning
· Building on learners experiences
· Encouraging independent and critical thinking
· Flexible arrangements for learning
· Recognition of prior learning
· Credit accumulation
· A fair chance of learner success

The group looks very promising for those who want to gain higher education. This has been an opportunity for South African’s for over 15 years now as the program was set up in 1992 and has helped thousands who haven’t or don’t have access to a local facility which offer courses.
One of the reasons why this learning source has been carried out for these years is that SAIDE gain funding through various projects and grants. As of late most of the income comes from commissioned projects, one which they hope will support them for the formidable future.