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CIDA City Campus
• South Africa’s first virtually free university
• Founded in JHB in 1999 (1st graduates in 2004)
• Today a group of integrated higher education entities
• Educational focus is business and entrepreneurship
• Creating opportunities for the poorest of the poor
• Widening the net of the productive economy
• Fully accredited Institution
CIDA Education Model
CIDA Model• Low cost, high impact solution
30-40% of the cost of traditional universities R35 000 vs. +/- R70 000 (incl. accommodation) Achieved through:
• Donated content• Student and business participation• Stringent cost controls
• Affordable Students pay +/- 4-5% of traditional university fees
• Studies incorporate practical work experience Operations, internships, learnerships
• Partnership with business• Collaboration: Corporate and overseas universities• Philosophy of Ubuntu: Community development, sustainability• Course relevance and intensity: Schools of Excellence
Bursaries for CIDA Students
CIDA Empowerment Trust
CIDA Empowerment Fund
Building sustainability…
Corporate Social Investments/ Donations
Funding
CIDA Empowerment Trust (CET)
• An Endowment Fund
• Registered PBO
• Provides bursary funding for CIDA City Campus
students
• 60% of beneficiaries are black female students
• 100% Broad-based BEE entity
• No external shareholders, no enrichment
CIDA Empowerment Fund (CEF)
• CIDA Empowerment Trust’s Investment Vehicle
• Tasked with securing a sustainable source of
annuity income to provide funding for bursaries
through CET
• Hi Level of Business Involvement
Other Supporters/Donors
• Individual Philanthropists
• Use of Foundations – i.e. CIDA Foundation UK
• CSI Funding from Corporate Companies
• Donations in Kind
• Lectures and Workshops by Industry Leaders
Student Engagement
• Very involved (student-centred Environment)
• Use students to tell their experiences to the visitors
• Use them in public platforms such as Radio, TV &
News papers
• Involve them in certain areas of operations
• Share information with Student Leadership
Use of Mobile Phones & other Tools
• Access to internet and emails
• Use SMS text message (notices, exam results etc)
• Teaching Tools (use of mobile phones – exploratory
research)
• Almost 99% of CIDA students own a mobile phone
• All CIDA students have access to a computer
Use of Mobile Phones
Maximum usage of a mobile phone as a -
Teaching and Learning Tool.
• Has a mobile phone helped as in the teaching and
learning process?
• What is our role in the learning and teaching
process?
Use of Mobile Phones
• Learning and Teaching Made Easy through the use
of mobile phones?
• Student involvement through a survey process
Sharing SA Education Challenges (at glance)
• Upcoming Education Week and Conference
• Changes in Higher Education Sector, Basic
Education (school system “OBE”) and Work Place
Learning Approach (Skills Training)
• Differences in School System (Grade 1-12), Higher
Education (Public & Private) and FET Colleges.
CIDA City Campus
Thank you
Wiseman Jack
Academic Dean, CIDA City Campus
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