EMBURY Institute for Higher Education is opening a new campus in the city for aspiring teachers, with the aim of improving and upskilling the profession.
The Montana independent teacher training institute campus, located north of Pretoria, is ready to open for the 2018 academic year.
Chief Operating Officer, Professor Patrick Bean, said the institution's establishment was due to a shortage of professional education especially in rural areas.
"I do not think we have a huge shortage of teachers in urban areas, but massive shortages exist in rural areas." The reality is that if one study in Durban, they often want to work in that area once they complete their studies and forget there are other schools in rural areas, "he said.
Bean said due to these findings, and they gave bursaries to students from rural areas, as they often wanted to go home and plough back into the community.
He told the Pretoria News that there was a great need for qualified teachers.
"South Africa needs between 20,000 and 30000 qualified teachers per year to satisfy the need for education," he said.
As it prepares to open, the Montana campus offers a higher certificate in pre-school education, a Bachelor of Education in foundation phase teaching and another Bachelor's degree in intermediate phase teaching qualifications.
Bean said they intended to add high school teaching to the program.
He said: "We are currently targeting to enrol 350 students but we will also grow the campus to enroll 1700 students.
"Walter Haese, head of campus, took the Pretoria News team on a tour of the campus and residences.
The institution also offers various bursary schemes for first year students, one being a full four-year bursary for high performance but financially challenged students.
For the applicant to qualify for the full bursary, they will have to pass their Grade 12 with at least 4 A symbols.
The terms of the bursary are that recipients had to pass all their modules every year in order to continue to receive the bursary.
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