KNYSNA NEWS - The Tertiary School in Business Administration (TSiBA) opened its Eden campus in Karatara in January 2006, and in August 2017 the board took a decision to shut down the campus at the end of this academic year.
TSiBA marketing manager Sandi Sher has assured the newspaper that all students currently studying will have the opportunity to conclude their studies, and the final graduation ceremony will be held at the campus in December.
TSiBA CEO Adri Marais explains, “We have always said our ultimate success will be when other institutions start seeing what we are seeing and start paying attention to the financial hurdle preventing so many talented youths from entering the world of work in a competitive, knowledge-driven economy.
"Our plans are to grab this unique opportunity to evolve by focusing on crafting a niche, industry-targeted degree which will profoundly change the trajectory of our students, with maximum impact on the communities we serve.
"This is TSiBA’s Vision2020. In line with our plans to rebrand our Cape Town campus, we’ll shortly be closing TSiBA Eden as an operational site of delivery at the end of the year.
“We are proud of what we contributed to the Eden Community. We injected between R30-million to R40-million over the last eight years and remain committed to recruit talent and run sustainable, prefunded projects in the area – so it’s not a goodbye, but a different hello," says Marais.
"We continue to welcome qualifying students from the region into the degree programme in Cape Town and encourage qualifying youngsters to complete their online applications.
All students currently studying at TSiBA will have the opportunity to conclude their studies, and will join graduates from past years when they have their final ceremony at the campus in December.
"By bringing all our students under one roof, in the heart of Cape Town, we can streamline our offering without impacting the excellent standard of education we’re known for.”
"We are very excited about our ambitious new plans for Vision2020, yet we carry the loss of a campus and the Eden staff.
"We remain deeply grateful for the time, commitment, energy and loyalty that so many members of the community poured into Eden and you remain part of the TSiBA family always. We continue our mission to drive social change and meet the future.”
Ward 2 councillor and community services chair Cathy Weideman says the municipality will be obtaining proposals on how best to utilise the facility that is currently housing the school, to continue boosting the economy of the small community of Karatara.
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