SAHISA Day Conference 2017
SAHISA will convene a day conference on 21 September 2017, before the ICP Conference that starts on 22 September.
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New Heads Workshop
The New Heads Workshop is designed for Heads who were appointed this year or who have just completed their first or second year, but is open to any head who feels he/she may benefit.
Continue ReadingHeads up September 2014
Heads Up! is the ad-hoc newsletter for SAHISA members. It covers issues such as new membership, SAHISA events and professional development for heads. This is the September 2014 edition.
Continue ReadingHistory of SAHISA: SAHISA Today
The Southern African Heads of Independent Schools Association (SAHISA) is a constituent member of ISASA that addresses the many issues that heads face now and in the future.
Continue ReadingHistory of SAHISA : Brave Stretch
Brave stretch, a new strategic vision for independent schools was developed in a strategic planning workshop of the ISC and presented at Conference in 1999.
Continue ReadingHistory of SAHISA : Restructuring and Renewal
The developments in the 80s and various legislation that impacted on independent schools necessitated the restructuring of the Association of Private Schools resulting in the formation of a new organisation, the Independent Schools Council (ISC) in 1988.
Continue ReadingHistory of SAHISA : The De Lange Report
The de Lange Report opened a progressive debate on education in South Africa and provided the impetus for the outreach programme pioneered by private schools in the 1980s.
Continue ReadingHistory of SAHISA: Apartheid and Social Change
The radical social changes that took place in the 1960s and '70s presented independent schools with many new dilemmas that they brought to Conference.
Continue ReadingHistory of SAHISA: Repressive Legislation
After the world War in 1945, the conference of heads found the union getting more relevant in the face of many challenges among them the passing of repressive legislation, mostly emanating from the apartheid regime.
Continue ReadingHistory of SAHISA : The Early Years
On 17 December 1929, nine Anglican heads gathered at St. Andrew's School in Bloemfontein to discuss matters of mutual interest, laying the foundation for what is now the Southern African Heads of Independent Schools Association.
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