Programmes
Pick the route that matches the student, not the calendar.
Three curricula, three destinations, and three different sets of trade-offs. Here is what each one costs, where each one leads, and — the part most providers leave out — what each one will not do.
Side by side
The differences that actually matter.
What each one costs, where it starts, how it is examined, and what it leaves the student holding at the end. The last row is the one worth reading twice.
| My Online School | CambriLearn CAPS | GED | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fee | From R3 175 | From R2 250 | From R3 725 |
| What that covers | a month, with all subjects, assessments and tutoring included | a month, tutoring and the programme licence together | a month, with the programme licence and all four exams included |
| Over a year | R38 100 over a full year | R27 000 over a full year | R44 700 to finish, usually inside a year |
| Curriculum | International | CAPS | American |
| Grades / age | Grade 6 to 10 | Grade 1 to 12 | 16 and older |
| Exams | Continuous assessment, no exit exam | Paper-based, via SACAI | GED testing centres |
| Language | English | English & Afrikaans | English |
| When you can start | Any month | Any month | Any month |
| Leads to | No certificate. Continue to the GED afterwards | The National Senior Certificate — the same matric written in schools | NQF 4, comparable to matric. College here, university abroad |
| University here | Not applicable — finish on another route first | Yes, directly, with a bachelor’s pass | Not directly. One year of a Higher Certificate first, or straight into Boston |
| What it will not do | Take a student through to matric. It stops at Grade 10 and you will need a route to finish. | Let a student sit the final exams sooner than the national calendar allows. A student who is ahead still waits. | Give matric exemption. On its own it will not open a bachelor’s degree at a public South African university. |
Still weighing up two of them?
Send us the student's age and last completed grade. We will tell you which route we would put them on, and why.