The Newton College Foundation NPC was established in 2020 as an independent, non-profit organization established to manage educational sponsorships and provide a structured pathway for individuals of all ages to complete their secondary education and or upskill unemployed learners.

 

Operating as the philanthropic arm of Newton College (PTY)LTD, the Foundation bridges the financial gap for disadvantaged and adult learners, enabling them to obtain their National Senior Certificate (Matric) and accredited skills programmes that will unlock future employment or higher education opportunities.In 2017, The South African Journal of Education, stated that only 52% of children that start school, complete their schooling to grade 12. There is no society in the world that can progress where almost half of its population remain without a school education.

 

Newton College provides the structure and support, where anyone, at any age, can decide to return to school. We facilitate teacher directed tuition over the course of approximately 10 months, for anyone who left school without achieving their matriculation certificate. We opted for classroom teaching, as opposed to online or correspondence tuition, because if someone left school prematurely, their ability to self-study was never fully developed to begin with. That being the case, we believe that guidance from an experienced teacher in a classroom setting, is fundamental to the success of an adult returning to complete their schooling.

 

What are we looking for from you? Newton College wants to extend our reach to those at risk in our society by subsiding students’ tuition fees, as finances are a major barrier to education in South Africa. Although, Newton College already has an initiative that for every 15th fee paying students we enrol one non-fee paying student, this is inadequate for the need that exists in our community. Our goal is to fund at least 20 young people in 2020 to finish their schooling. We reached this target with the help of a trust. Now we want to raise funds to assist those who qualify to write their senior certificate examination in 2026-2027.