Regenesys Business School in Sandton has launched an initiative allowing financially disadvantaged, but deserving students from across the world to enroll in a variety of online higher education courses for R500 per month.
Students pay a R500 monthly commitment fee and pay for the remainder of their studies after gaining employment or promotion after qualification.
Chair of the Regenesys Group Dr Marko Saravanja said the Education for All (EdForAll) initiative enabled anyone in the world to access education, become empowered and end the cycle of poverty.
“This is a revolutionary, game-changing initiative that will disrupt the culture of education in the world,” added Saravanja.
Independent, non-executive chair of the Bidvest Group and former CEO of Business Leadership South Africa, Professor Bonang Mohale said, “There is no doubt that the greatest injustice in South Africa is exclusion because the majority of people in our country are still excluded 27 years into democracy. If you are born white, you are destined for the leafy suburbs of Bryanston and being born black, many are destined to live in Alexandra.”
Mohale said the South African Constitution promised free education, which he believed was the surest way to transcend social class, move out of Alex and into Bryanston.
“The events of the last three weeks in South Africa have demonstrated the intersectionality of criminality, ethno tribalism and the genuine desperation of the uneducated and unemployed,” said Mohale, congratulating Regenesys on their EdForAll programme.
Author and non-executive director of several boards Dr Shirley Zinn said access to education was the answer to alleviating poverty, crime and social ills.
Having grown up in the Cape Flats in the 60s, Zinn found a way out of the cycle of poverty through hard work and a bursary that enabled her to study teaching.
“Two teachers sat me down in matric and told me that I have more potential than I think. At that stage, I had never considered going to university.
“Those five minutes of a teacher’s time changed the course of my life. I never imagined that I would eventually go to Harvard University and continue studying even further,” said Zinn.
CEO of Joe Public, Pepe Marais praised Regenesys for taking real action to bring change to the lives of the underprivileged.
For more information on the Education for All initiative, visit www.regenesys.net
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