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The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews ADvTECH Group CEO Roy Douglas.

Listed private school and university group AdvTech has thrown its support behind government plans to regulate online schools in South Africa.

""When dealing with an anxious child, it is vital not to lecture or interrupt them, or to jump to conclusions or mock their fears." Photo: Supplied/ The ADvTECH Group Anxiety at school is not a new phenomenon; however, educators and parents alike recognise that there has been a significant increase in the prevalence of anxiety among children in the past year. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, lockdowns and measures to ensure the safety of children who are back at school or in t...

Conversation Lab continues to accelerate growth in South Africa and the UK, adding Elkanah House, Greenwood Bay College and Glenwood House to its roster. The agency has been a long-standing strategic partner to ADvTECH, the JSE-listed education group in SA. It has been responsible for the Group’s key brands, including Varsity College, Vega School of Branding and Design, Rosebank College, Crawford International and Trinityhouse. Each school caters for pre-primary, primary and high school and i...

Schools that signed agreements with the Competition Commission heeded the commission’s call to root out anti-competitive practices on the pricing of school uniforms and the monopoly of supply. “Since the conclusion of the settlement agreements in 2019, the commission has not received any complaints from parents or any other stakeholders against the parties with whom these agreements were concluded. This is in and of itself an indication that these parties are complying with the order,” sa...

Cosas, ANCYL confront school for operating outside of Covid regulations 26 January 2021 - 12:51 Protesting members of Cosas and the ANCYL on Tuesday threatened a Gauteng private school of genocide. Stock photo. Image: 123rf Protesting members of the Congress of SA Students (Cosas) and the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) on Tuesday threatened to close Charterhouse private school in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, due to concerns relating to Covid-19.   The protesters sang...

Cosas protesters target early childhood development centre at private school 26 January 2021 7:02 PM Felicity Coughlan Share This: When they realised Charterhouse School is closed, they focused on ECD with insults and lack of rationality - Felicity Coughlan The Congress of South African Students (Cosas) on Tuesday picketed outside a private school in Roodepoort, threatening to shut it down. They were joined by members of the ANC Youth League (Ancyl). Over the weekend, th...