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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