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Welcome to the Mentor Team We are delighted to welcome four wonderful new mentors to our stellar team: Sibongile Dlamini, Barbara Daniel, Joan Schmidt, and Malcolm Williams. Sibongile Dlamini Barbara Daniel Joan Schmidt Malcolm Williams Please read their impressive bios at this link.

Feedback Report 2024 Schools OISESA undertook 168 quality assurance visits during 2024, working with a diverse range of schools across Southern Africa. Schools were asked to share feedback and their detailed responses helped us to revise our process, as well as the Standards & Indicators for 2025. Read the full report at this link.

A Tribute to Steve Rees Stephen Rees was the former Headmaster at Japari School where he worked from 2002 – 2020. Japari is an independent school catering for learners who have not achieved true success in mainstream schools. In addition to his role as Head of School, Steve served as Chairman of SAALED, Johannesburg, (Southern

A Tribute to Barbara Houghton Barbara Houghton was the former Headmistress and High School Principal of Springfield Convent School where she worked from 2011 – 2018.  After retirement, Barbara was appointed as Lead Evaluator for the Schools Evaluation Authority (SEA) in the Western Cape. She has also contributed to the writing of over 20 textbooks

A Tribute to Merritt Watson Merritt Watson left OISESA at the end of 2024 to take care of her flourishing private practice as an Educational Psychologist. Merritt has over 38 years’ teaching experience, and over 19 years’ experience as an Educational Psychologist. She was the owner of School of Merit and was a head for

Research, Reflection, Self-Evaluation: 2025 Revisions As OISESA enters its third year of operation in 2025, we continue to revise our quality assurance programme for schools across Southern Africa. This culture of ongoing research, reflection, and self-evaluation is vital in any organisation, both locally and globally, and lies at the heart of OISESA’s mission statement. We

A Tribute to Guy Pearson OISESA opened its doors two years ago on 1 May 2022 when Margot Long was appointed as the inaugural Executive Director. Developing a globally relevant set of Standards and Indicators was key, as was the need to secure the first group of mentors to work with the pilot schools who

Mentors We are proud to announce the appointment of 5 new mentors to the OISESA team this year! Welcome Merritt Watson, Hester Hill, Gillian Boltman, Dave Wiggett and Mike Greeff. Learn more about them at this link.

Feedback Report 2023 Schools OISESA undertook 151 quality assurance visits during 2023, working with a diverse range of schools across Southern Africa. Schools were asked to share feedback and their detailed responses helped us to revise our process, as well as the Standards & Indicators for 2024. Read the full report at this link. 

Surveys We are pleased to announce that the stakeholder surveys are now also available in Afrikaans, for schools who would prefer to use them.Please reach out to surveys@oisesa.org should you need more information.