About Sparrow Schools
Sparrow Schools Educational Trust is a registered non-profit organisation that provides affordable, specialised education to disadvantaged and disadvantaged and children with learning disabilities between the ages of 7 and 18. Sparrow Schools Educational Trust runs two separate educational projects and a including a learner support unit initiative.
Situated in Johannesburg, our projects cater for 650 learners annually. These learners have varying degrees of educational backlog, remedial problems, learning difficulties and/ or intellectual disabilities.
The Objectives of Sparrow Schools Educational Trust is to:
- Prepare skilled graduates for the workplace through the delivery of relevant and appropriate vocational and life skills.
- Develop curricula that meets the needs of industries and the learners we serve.
- Provide social interventions that encompass the whole child.
- Provide educational and psychological therapy to ensure that the learner’s educational progress is not unnecessarily delayed.
- Provide an environment in which a learner may fulfill their educational potential.
Our Mission Statement
To provide affordable, quality education to learners to disadvantaged children and young people whose learning has been disrupted through official and/ or other neglect. In so doing, we aim to empower and develop communities as we assist in building the economy. We also aim to meet the needs of the private sector by designing curricula that provide learners with complimentary skills so they are able to contribute meaningfully to society.
