Transforming Lives through United Through Sport South Africa’s Senior School of Excellence Programme
This project's parent organization is United Through Sport
It operates in South Africa
It uses Netball, Hockey, Rugby Union
Entered the Sport for Quality Education and Employment Award
More about Transforming Lives through United Through Sport South Africa’s Senior School of Excellence Programme
The Senior School of Excellence Programme is focused on providing talented and determined children with top level academic education for a full five years of their high school careers, with the final aim of supporting them through to tertiary education.
These children are identified in our earlier programmes for not only their sporting abilities and talents, but also their academic achievements and their general attitude and outlook in life. Many children are selected for the programme, even if they are not the top achievers of their class, but are determined to change their circumstances and can illustrate this to us during their primary school years.
Affording the children the opportunity to attend some of the top high schools in Nelson Mandela Bay is life-changing – it exposes them to the best educational opportunities in the city, which catapults their chances of meaningful employment by either continuing onto tertiary studies or alternative career paths after completing high school.