Walter Sisulu University (WSU) Bachelor of Science in physics third year-student, Buzwe Dlembula, recently registered his science school, situated in Mthatha.
Dlembula (21) from EmaXesibeni (formerly Mount Ayliff), who has a passion for science and agriculture, uses his academic background and passion for science to fulfil his passion for entrepreneurship.
Dlembula, who recently started his farming project that employed six people from his village, has now moved beyond the farming project to establishing his private school.
“Horizon High School is a school of science that aims to break the stigma that science is difficult.
“The school will be targeting learners who are repeating their matric, he said.
He further stated that the idea behind establishing the high school is to build a better South African youth, who will have a better understanding of science.
“For the first two years, the school will have an intake only of learners who are repeating their matric and learners interested in extra physical science classes,” added Dlembula.
The school currently employs four teachers who will be paid through the tuition fees of the learners.
Learners will be paying a tuition fee of R1 000 a month, a fraction of which will be going towards salaries.
Two of the teachers are qualified teachers from WSU and the other two are Bachelor of Science (BSc) tutors.
Learners who qualify to be admitted to the school must be registered with the Department of Education for the rewriting of their matric so that they will be able to rewrite their matric in December.
Applications for the 2023 academic year are already open for the high school based in Mthatha.
Other subjects offered in the school include mathematics, life sciences, geography, agricultural sciences, and computer application technology.
“When we admit students, we also register them with the Department of Basic Education so that when it is time for final exams they go and write in the temporary venues of the department,” said Dlembula.
After two years of the existence of the school, Dlembula aims to expand the school and start the intake from Grade 8 to Grade 12.
