However true that is, I went to a township school myself, these private school kids do have a leg up on us in terms of confidence, networking and exposure. First time I saw a lab was in varsity and had to figure my way around whereas bona they're all set upon leaving school. They can join the workforce ngo matric alone
Is it just me or are most of these all-boys schools? Explains a few things. Never too early to start building networks I suppose. Partially explains why in the financial sector: Only Bidvest has a female CEO. Only Standard Bank and Bidvest have black CEOs. The rest (Absa, First Rand Bank, Nedbank, Capitec, Discovery Limited, FNB etc) have WHITE MALE CEOs. Except for TymeBank they have an Indian MALE CEO. This in a country (in 2022) with more females than males and more blacks than any other race group. Colour me confused. It isn't indicative of (nor does it reflect) the country's current gender and racial demographics. The numbers don't add up.
I received an academic scholarship to attend St Mary's (Waverley). As a person from a previously diasadvantaged background; going to such a prestigious school was a gift. I am now a 31-year-old with a private education centre where I try my best to give back to kids who come from similar backgrounds to mine.
These children make connections for life socially, personally and professionally. What a great stepping stone for any young man or young lady. Pity not all of us realized this earlier. These children are just on another level and mostly very well rounded with impeccable manners.
I can proudly say I am a product of non paying government (south african)school. As a mathematical, physical science, ect learner I passed with 7 distinction and attended John Hopkins University in Baltimore USA .I am to finish in 2024 and becoming an othropeadic surgeon .I have faced challenges along the way but I have shown them that their privilege doesn't make them superior and I inferior to them.
Would you say that going to private school gave you any advantages in life relative to kids who went to regular schools. Did this advantage get you into a better financial position than them based on jobs. Please explain if you say yes. In interested, because I feel that private school is a waste of money. In the end you just come out with a matric and still need to further your studies or knowledge on s playing field that is then more leveled. In UNI I couldn't see any clear relationship between ability to successfully complete a degree between private schooled kids vs those from ekasi for example.
As a former Roedeanian I can definitely say that it has made a huge difference in my life. Yes, a lot of us go to local universities such as wits, UP, UJ, uct and stellenbosch, I can tell you that a lot of people use them as temporary measures. I have friends who have graduated from Harvard, Yale, MIT, NYU, Oxford and Cambridge and the likes… I myself studied in Switzerland and the US too. Opportunities that not everyone has access to, however these schools have global networks. I can tell you for certain that parents send their kids to these schools and pay those fees purely for future networking purposes and not just for the education itself
List of schools: 10. St Andrew's Girls School 9. St Albans Alwood for Boys 8. Bishop's Diocese College 7. St Mary's School for Girls 6. Kearsney College 5. St John's School 4. Roedean School girls only 3. St Andrew College, all boys 2. MichaelHouse 1. Hilton College
And I thought my girls’ future school (a Waldorf school) is expensive at 52k for kindie and 70k for the first year of primary… they’re the best though, so worth it! Just saving up ahead and it’ll be great
I went to university in the early nineties only to discover the kids that comes from these prestige school...i was so intimidated by these kids who were so polished and only in english...comes 1st test i remember it was a chemistry ... i was so scared cause my English was from KwaMashu ...i was even scared to ask a Lecturer in my poor English..it turned that i was the highest..in fact all students thst pass that test was not from Model C school
@@cash4gnumber1c4g7 ...i for one i took all my kids to private school.they have confidence...let tell you this my eldest daughter got hired by an international compay for a part time job ...in the interview she was with 4 graduate but her confidence was different from the other ( Non paying school) she got hired with just Matric and still doing her 1st year degree ...she was getting paid between R8 000 to R10 000 depending on hours she made. So guys lets be FAIR there is a huge difference...and i vowed i will never take my kids to non paying school.
Most expensive than UCT, Wits, Stellenbotch annual tuition fee. Kids from these schools are well mannered, have public speaking capabilities, have confidence and are self assured but are too soft as in are not streetwise aka kasi smart. Sadly some of these kids are soft targets for drugs as druglords know that they can easily support their drug habbit eg late Jackson Mthembu son and Angie Motshega who are now drug addict paras roaming around streets of Jozi . Some at these boarding schools experience sexual barrassment, racism, colourism, even sexual molestation so not all glitter is gold
They're not at all street smart, I've found that the more money a family has, the greater the opportunity to become another crime statistic. They live in a bubble of false security until they come face to face with life and are shell shocked back to reality of how wimp ish and pathetic their survival skills are. These people have absolutely NO CLUE about crime and vulnerability and potentially dangerous situations until it's too late. I have a client that lets his 16 yo daughter climb into an Uber at 10. 00 at night? WHAAAAAAAT? I rest my case.
About them getting into drugs I don't know... because statistics say poor people from kasi in roll into drugs easily. You are right since you got proof.
It's both Dude, rich schools enjoy plentiful of resources that poor schools don't have, for instance students from poor government schools don't do physics or biology lab experiment until they are at higher institutions. They do not know how an atom or a cell looks like under microscope. 99% students do not have an intuition of a vacuum, when teaching them about Newtownian mechanics telling them to assume absence of air friction they always ask, how can you remove air? What's left afterwards? Kids from rich private schools know exactly what is empty space, they can make a vacuum in labs, they know what's an ISS is. I attend at Stellenbosch University I was the top learner in my rural district but these private school kids make me feel dumb, some come here knowing all the calculus and first level curriculum. Difference is huge.
Unfortunately south africa has majorly let down it's goverment based student by endlessly reducing the pass rate and making the grades easier and easier to have a "100%" pass rate. I moved over from a private school to a goverment school in grade 7 and i went from barely getting 50% - 60% while studying for hours to getting 90% without studying at all. It is now wonder there are so many people failing university. University is not so forgiving as school. They tend to try and uphold a higher standard.
In this global world which we live in,networking is the biggest achievement which you can ever expose your kid to and these schools automatically give kids a rich network which set them at an advantageous position for the rest of their lives.
No, we did not earn lots as parents who sent our children to these schools. I had a payment plan and I worked very hard to ensure I did not spend on anything but my children's education. Covid has exposed us all to the fact that education in the home is of utmost importance. Reading, reading, reading and more reading is what propels learning. Learning through activities inside and outside the home support lifelong learning. Schools are schools and teachers are teachers however how you couple subjects together, how you allow students to take risks and how you encourage them to engage with information will support positive outcomes related to knowledge. Therein social interactions with their community and the world at large are vital. Their awareness of political issues, environmental issues, their wellness and their values in all they do serves them going forward. I would encourage you to link up with IB or PYP or IEYC or EYFS educational systems in your homeschooling. Register with these bodies and support your homeschooling project going forward. Having loving parents who are invested, healthy social interactions and access to music sports and community all add value. I am confident you're doing a sterling job. Perhaps even call these schools and ask them if your child/children can have casual visits or relations or work with their students on community projects going forward and see if they can support you in your homeschooling .... you only know if you ask.
I received a 50% scholarship to Kearsney and my parents worked tooth and nail to send me to that school for which I am very grateful. Even though a great school it still had some major flaws which resulted in me leaving in matric and going to a government school Westville Boys High School which was 1/8 of the price and better in many ways.
One can't compare the education at these schools with SA curriculum, they learn about risk management in grade 4 and kid's are so independent and self sustained
I remember crying in grade 7 because my mum could not afford to take me to Northlands girls high in Durban I made a promise to myself that when a have kids one day will make sure they attend best schools.
@@dlamini77 please do that for your child good education is good investment. It's not even the the level of education they get it's the networking, connections they make the confidence they gain etc it's much more than just education
People should stop saying we will meet them in Wits,UCT etc these kids don't go there, they attend the likes of Harvard, Cambridge 90% of them get a lot of distinctions in matric parents should stop saying they will write the same paper in grade 12 the experience is different parents please learn to save and take your kids to good schools no excuse full stop.
Nothing wrong either Wits or UCT. Most South Africans, regardless of which private school they attend will never be in either Harvard or Cambridge anyways.
Actually they do. I met alot of them while I was studying at Wits. It's just that they are more inclined to attend international universities (after all, why waste your O-level certification just to study locally)
I would love to take my child to these schools but I am also so scared of the racism that is often reported by former black pupils on news and social media. I don't want to scare my child either.
I went to regular Capricorn High Polokwane.Graduated grade 12 with 4 distinctions.Ended in University of Maryland for Bachelor's and MS+PHD in Georgetown University.I found Harvard and Yale Overrated.I love life.
My question would be, things might have worked out well for you but wat about the other children who couldn't get the same opportunity as you or similar
@@sisimazwi1890 Sisi,I applied for amaScholarships nje,and Motsepe charity helped a lot.Be'ngenayo imali,🤣when I get to US,I did minimal jobs and studying at the same time.I didn't have it easy Sisi🤦
@@zunaiandre2341 but you got a scholarship. I'm talking abt people who were not afforded the same opportunity as you. The are so many ppl who would weren't as lucky
If you went to any of these schools your parents were paying for the network. When you older you'd realize that. Cause trust me those networks WORK! But this is an old story in SA. No need to get into obvious things.
Wonder what do there students's parents earn and do for a living.with that amount of money imagine all the schools that can be build for the ordinary students.
No. 1. You’re assuming everyone is straight which is anything but the case. And 2. The only times I’ve seen it be an actual issue is when girls get blamed for guys being poorly raised and sexualising girls and victim-blame when they’re the ones that are being awful.
Here I am thinking Crawford College would be in that Top 10. But the school fees stand in the region of 150k annually. That's almost half compared to the list.
But if that price R150k for Crawford does not include boarding fee, it is also expensive. Almost all the schools in the top 10 are boarding schools and the prices mentioned include boarding fee.
"Cadets" predates the second world war, and was common all over the Union of South Africa. I was a cadet when at Newcastle High School in 1947. Many of our ex pupils fell on battlefields in North Africa and Italy; most having joined the Natal Carbineers. My father was shot down over Warsaw. It had nothing to do with apartheid.
😭 I paid R300 in total from creche to Standard 10/Grade 12. I met these guys during my studies at Rhodes University. I envied them for their high self esteem and for being able to order a Debonairs pizza in res. ❤️
300 thousand rands is equivalent to 17 thousand in US dollars lol think I would send my kids to South Africa honestly more affordable then the average us college unlike Stanford where it’s 57 thousand US dollars in South Africa that’s 971 Rands lol
I've had the privilege of visiting Rodhean private school. OMG! A heaven on earth. It's not a school you walk into everyday. The girls from the school are super polite. They address their teachers as 'madam' in a very Englishy English accent lol. They have this super cool well where they stream animals online. Wow, just wow.
I received an academic scholarship to attend St Mary's (Waverley). As a person from a previously diasadvantaged background, going to such a prestigious school was a gift. A now 31-year-old with a private education centre where I try my best to give back to kids who come from a similar background to mine. So I must disagree with your comment as there are wonderful organisations who have worked for decades to provide a greater sense of equity than there has been in the past.
@@zaara5274 SA is one of the most socially and economically unequal countries in the world. Access to good education and skills training should be available to all and not just to a lucky minority. Lack of access widens the inequality gap.
I grew up in Benoni, just outside of Johannesburg I went to Tom Newby Primary in Airfield and then Wordsworth High , I now stay in Scotland 🏴 but really think 🤔 it does not matter what school your at …… if your born intelligent your will succeed in life going to an expensive school won’t change that
I’m American, but I can’t help but notice the inequality in these “Elite” schools. Hopefully SA changes laws to implement more diversity within these schools regardless of finances.
There's no equality when it comes to money... so finances are paramount. Check out Milner schools in SA (Elon Musk went to one ie Pretoria Boys High) They incorporate the "diversity" you're looking for but don't have the budget to create the kind of programs and upkeep of the grounds and staff these Top 10 provide. Note that all these schools are private and have maintained their Christian foundation which includes mandatory chapel/church services. May that NEVER change for the sake of "diversity"
There's an America parent watching this right now who converted the exchange rate for all these schools and got PO'd because these schools all cost less than the school they're child is going to. The school i attended cost $26,750 (506,150 rand) and it's not even a boarding scool. The best boarding school in my area (Baltimore/Washington DC) is $64,075 (1,213,000 rand). And I'm pretty sure there's not much, if any difference in the quality of the education being received
Everyone has an opinion but given the choice you'd choose the best one. Every parent wants the best for their kids, but money talks and such is life. Yes all kids meet at the same universities but not all kids make the most of their education prior to that. The way they speak, their spelling and knowledge, extra curricular activities. It's no joke, it's a tough decision
You do not need to go to these prestigious schools to make it in life. It only takes hard work and determination. I know kids thatcwhenvto normal village schools and and ended at Rhodes and Harvard
Exposure Sisi township schools don't have squash, decathlon, badminton, shooting, surfing, discus, short put etc learning is taken seriously in these schools bcos failure is costly. It's more then just learning it's a culture of excellence that's gets instilled in the kids that will mold them into leaders of integrity bcos environment us contagious.
This just further proves that education is indeed for the rich, my wish is for all children to be treated n given the same opportunities from the day their born 'til 21(education wise that is)
You’ll be setting your kids up to fail because there’s no equality in life. However, it be great to have a standard public school to give the poor a chance to strike it big in life.
It's shocking that all the schools mentioned aren't mixed gender. They may having amazing resources and facilities but as others have mentioned that once it comes to tertiary level, you realise that it's all about the student and not the school. I even play rugby with boys that came from these schools and at the end of the we equals some don't even make the team
@@phakamanindlovu4522 until the day you have been to Grey college,Hilton,St Albans,Bishops infact until you have been to all the boy schools mentioned in the list including Grey college you will see for yourself if you would spend time at Grey that none of them compare to Grey college,I grew up in kzn and I had a childhood dream of attending Hilton college and I infact was privileged enough to spend a weekend at Hilton during my grade 7 year and I wont lie everything about Hilton is world class everything But with that being said certain things happened and at the end I attended Grey college,now I am an old grey and during my time at grey whenever the lads from Hilton,st Andrew's,bishop's and other schools when those lads came to grey they would be shocked at the standard of the school,the way we eat and the discipline within the learners......there is a reason why Grey college has been constantly voted the best school in Africa for the past 20 years consequently because the value of life that a learner will learn there is found no where else the people who liked my comment know themselves how grey college is and you know what's funny?of these top 10 expensive schools did you know that only 3 of them make the list for the top 10 schools in Africa infact about 6 of these expensive schools are in the top 100 best schools in Africa and I am talking about both genders but yet Grey college who's school fees is so little compared to these schools is number 1 in Africa I wont even talk about our sports at grey college because people will accuse me of bragging;))
@@loyisogxula4003 We are talking about the money here not how good the school is or all that staff ... we talking about fees. FEES! Hilton College is the most expensive one in terms of fees!
@@phakamanindlovu4522 true and I'm not taking anything away from these schools they expensive and they have quality but I was just saying sometimes the most expensive things in life aren't always the best but otherwise congrats to all these schools and may they keep raising the South African flag high👐
They are forgetting to mention the institutional racism in all of these 'flagship' schools' specifications. Training children to be best suited for this pro capitalist and white supremacist world is a true heads-up, I will admit.
If it happens that I do not afford, financially or morally, to send my kids to such a school, I should, as a matter of responsibility and principle, make up for it in my parenting. Parenting should be intentional with the future of your kids and their future world in mind. Be the one to expose them and wet their appetite for knowledge and progress. Most of these schools are St so & so... that is another reason why they are questionable. Capitalism/Religion perpetuated through inequality. This is a system.
