About us
A school built for the students the classroom kept losing.
Nova Support Center opened on 14 January 2014. Its aim has always been the same: to assist students who do not fit into mainstream schools, whether because of learning difficulties, emotional problems, or any of the other reasons a timetable stops working for someone.
We believe in each student's potential for excellence, and we are dedicated to empowering every student to achieve their full potential.
E. Engelbrecht, Principal
Nova is a digital school. All programmes are run over the internet and consist of video lessons that can be viewed as many times as needed, together with quizzes and tests. Exams are external, so what a student earns here carries weight elsewhere.
Staff assist students wherever it is necessary. If a concept is not understood, the student is helped one-on-one, and extra tests are set to strengthen it. The staff here have a passion for education and try to make a positive impact in the lives of the students who come through.
2014
Teaching since
What we hold to
Four things we will not compromise on.
Every student has potential for excellence
We start from that assumption, not from a report card. No prior achievements are required to join us, and we do not need a record of grades already passed.
A missed explanation should never cost a year
All programmes run on video lessons that can be viewed as many times as needed. Nothing is delivered once and then gone.
Understanding is checked, not assumed
Quizzes and tests follow every lesson. If a concept is not understood, students are assisted one-on-one and given extra tests to strengthen it.
Distance should not decide anything
For students who cannot attend the learning centre, Zoom lessons are available wherever they are, at a time which suits them.
The story
How Nova took shape.
14 January 2014
Nova Support Center opens
Founded to assist students who do not fit into mainstream schools, whether because of learning difficulties, emotional problems, or any of the other reasons a classroom stops working.
A digital school
Every programme runs online
All programmes consist of video lessons which can be viewed as many times as needed, together with quizzes and tests. Exams are external.
Beyond the centre
Zoom lessons open the doors wider
Students anywhere can join live lessons. Many students who worked through a programme alone come to us purely to be prepared for the finals.
Today
Three programmes, one approach
My Online School, CambriLearn CAPS and the GED. Different curricula and destinations, the same insistence on support that is actually available when it is needed.
Where we are
Lydenburg, and anywhere with a connection.
The learning centre sits on Church Street. Everything else happens wherever the student happens to be.
- Address
- 0037 Church Street
Poste Suite #265, Private Bag X20097
Lydenburg, 1120 - Telephone
- 083 303 9312
- erikaeng80@gmail.com
Not sure which programme fits?
Tell us the age, the last grade completed and what has been getting in the way. We will point you at the right route, and say so plainly if we are not the right fit.