Embury, established in 1995, is a fully accredited private higher education institute focusing on teacher education.

Embury Institute for Higher Education is a fully accredited private higher education institution that specialises in teacher education, specifically for pre-school and primary school teachers (Foundation and Intermediate Phases). Embury was established in 1995, and we believe that we produce some of the best trained teachers in South Africa. If you don’t believe us, read this 2015 report by the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE). Herewith some extracts from the report:

The success rates of students in [Embury’s] own programmes compare favourably with, or exceed, the various indicators of throughput at public universities. In 2013, for example, the success rate of the 100 students in their first year of the B Ed programme was 90 per cent, and of the 200 students in their fourth year, 70 per cent.

The lecturers are highly motivated, professional and experienced and the classes are smaller than those of public universities, allowing for more interaction with students.

It allocates considerably more time and attention to practical teaching than public HEIs. Their student teachers alternate between a week in schools and a week at Embury for their academic studies. Final year students spend an extended period of six to eight weeks in a school. During their degree they obtain experience in different types of schools – poorly resourced, well-resourced, and special needs schools.

By all accounts, Embury has developed a good, replicable model for private delivery of high-quality ITE for ECD and FP teachers, which offers some useful insights for the expansion of private provision.

CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL TEACHER DEVELOPMENT (CPTD)

In addition to our full-time qualifications, Embury offers a variety of very popular Continuing Professional Teacher Development (CPTD) short courses that are aimed at existing teachers. Since 2002, we have trained more than 16 000 teachers on our CPTD courses!

OUR DURBAN HEAD OFFICE AND CAMPUS

Embury’s head office and main campus building is situated in Embury House, which is in Lilian Ngoyi Road, Morningside, Durban, where we enrol about 900 student teachers every year. We have two registered sites of delivery, namely Embury House and Henwood House. Henwood House is a two-minute walk from Embury House.

OUR GAUTENG CAMPUSES

We are excited to announce the opening of two campuses in Gauteng, namely Embury Montana in Pretoria and Embury Waterfall in Midrand. Both these campuses will be operational in the 2018 academic year.

MORE CAMPUSES PLANNED

Embury plans to open a new campus in the Western Cape in 2019. All new campuses are subject to regulatory approval.

DISTANCE LEARNING

From 2016, Embury offers short courses and our Higher Certificate in Pre-school Education (NQF Level 5) via distance learning. Our distance learning courses are supported through Embury Connect and Interact (ECI), Embury’s online student portal. Through ECI, students can download study material, do online tests, upload assignments, and interact with other students. Embury plans to offer more of its qualifications through distance learning in the near future.

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