African Education Foundation Projects
The Nhlambanyathi High School - Sodwana Bay
The Foundation has started a project at the Nhlambanyathi High School in Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
PROJECT MISSION - The mission of this project is to refurbish an existing classroom at the Nhlambanyathi High School and transform it into a suitably equipped science laboratory to improve the education standards in the field of science at the school.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL - The Nhlambanyathi High School is situated in the coastal village of Sodwana Bay, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, on the coast of the Indian Ocean. The school was founded in 1991 with two teachers and approximately 30 pupils from the surrounding villages. At that time there was no high school in the area, and from the outset, the mission of the school was to educate its pupils in the field of science. All pupils are given the opportunity to learn General Science, Mathematics, Geography, History, Accounting and the languages IsiZulu, English and Afrikaans.
In 2016 the school had 224 pupils with an age range of 14 to 23 years. There are 8 teachers to educate the aforementioned subjects in the South African syllabus.
After completing their education at the school, pupils can continue their tertiary education at the University of Zululand, near Richards Bay in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal. Pupils may also continue their education at the Mthashana FET College, also in KwaZulu-Natal.