Brief History of Education Facilitators
1990 The Norite Education and Training Company started in Johannesburg with the development of distance learning programmes from the curriculum and syllabi of the Colleges of Education that the DET. Its Chief Education Officer, Dr Mocke, furnished the company with information to develop programs for upgrading of teachers’ qualifications through distance learning.
1991 Teachers in the former Ciskei region enrolled for the its Diploma in Education.
1992 Teachers in the former regions of KaNgwane and QwaQwa enrolled for its Diploma in Education.
1994 Education Facilitators was established after buying out the shareholders in the Norite Education and Training Company.
1994 Teachers in the former independent state of Bophuthatswana registered for its Diploma in Education.
1995 The first democratically elected parliament of South Africa approved a new democratic constitution.
1996 Dr Manganyi, Director General of Education, approved that all teachers with a Diploma in Education registered up to 1995 with the Colleges of Education Facilitators be certified as recognized qualifications for employment and salary promotion purposes.
1996 First foreign teachers in Namibia enrol for its Diploma in Education. Appointed first group Rector and Principal.
1996 Certification agreement with the University of Port Elizabeth to offer Teacher Education and Business Management qualifications through distance learning.
1996 Certification Agreement with the Technikon Pretoria to offer Teacher Education and Police Administration qualifications through distance learning.
1998 SERTEC (Certification Council for Technikon Education) inspection of Education Facilitators and subsequent approval of its Colleges to continue offering Technikon qualifications.
1998 First group of Bachelor of Technology degrees in Education Management awarded. First group of Tutored Master of Philosophy in Education candidates registered.
1999 Appointed first Managing Director: Africa and Education Facilitators’ three-year business plan was approved for restructuring and investment into Professional Services, new product offerings and increased marketing spend.
1999 Support agreement with Technikon South Africa for global library services.
2000 SAQA (South African Qualifications Authority) approval was obtained and institutional registration in terms of the Higher Education Act completed.
2001 Colleges received accreditation from the Accrediting Commission of the DETC (Distance Education and Training Council) in Washington DC, which is recognized by the State Secretary of Education and the Federal Department of Education national accrediting agency.
2002 Unbundles South African and African operations into two independent entities. Closes College in South Africa and sells Professional Service division through a Management Buy-out. Sells African Colleges by of a Leveraged Buy-out. 2003 A further contract sucscesfully negotiated with Tswane University of Technology, by the new director GF Knight. 2008 Company in South Africa closed officially.
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