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The South African College Schools (colloquially often known as “SACS”) is a public English medium primary and high education institution situated in Newlands – part of the Southern Suburbs region of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Founded in 1829, [1] it is the oldest continuously run school in South Africa.
The founding committee met in the Groote Kerk to discuss funding and accommodation for the school on 1 October 1829. [1] That year, the school opened. Diplomat Edmund Roberts visited the college in 1833. He noted that only wealthy young men attended the school and that classes were offered in both English and Dutch languages. [2]
SACS may refer to: SACS, a finite element analysis software by Bentley Systems; SACS (gene), a human gene that encodes the protein Sacsin; The South Atlantic Cable System, a transoceanic submarine communications cable; Saint Alphonsus Catholic School, a Catholic School found at Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines
Innes resigned in 1830 to take up the position of Professor of Mathematics at the South African College in Cape Town, and in 1839 became the first Superintendent-General for Education in the Cape. In 1865 the Uitenhage Proprietary School – a private, fee-paying school - opened in Uitenhage with the Rev Dr Robert Templeton MA (Glasgow) as its ...
SACS CASI accredits over 13,000 primary, middle, and secondary schools, and school systems located in the SACS region. [7] In 2006, AdvancED was established with the unification of SACS CASI, NCA CASI, and NSSE. [citation needed] Today, SACS CASI acts as an accreditation division of AdvancED, now known as Cognia.
The Egyptian Building is the home of University of Cape Town's Michaelis School of Fine Art on that school's campus on Orange Street in Cape Town, South Africa.. After its foundation on October 1, 1829, the South African Athenaeum (also known as the South African College and the forerunner of the UCT as well as the South African College Schools secondary and primary institutions) was for a ...
The school campus straddles the main road from Cradock, Eastern Cape into Grahamstown and is an open campus with buildings, sports fields and other facilities spread over a number of city blocks. The St Andrews Clock tower, found at the centre of the school, was designed as a memorial to those Old Andreans who had died in the first world war.
The Diocesan College (commonly known as Bishops) is a private, English medium, boarding and day high school for boys situated in the suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The school was established on 2 October 1849 by the Anglican Bishop of Cape Town.