Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga says her department is developing a new framework to help regulate the rise of online schools in South Africa.
Answering in a recent parliamentary Q&A, Motshekga said her department has already developed the draft framework for the establishment of both online private and public schools.
Motshekga said that regulations were introduced in 2018 around homeschooling – but that these are separate from the framework around online schools. Until now, very little has been said around the regulation of online schools in South Africa – including the prospect of government schools offering an online matric or other certificates.
JSE-listed independent education provider Curro opened its Curro Online offering in mid-June 2020, and the offering now boasts more than 600 learners.
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