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Online Education by Boston

This benefit is available to Reality Club, Core, Plus and members with Wealth Bonus Lifestyle benefits.

  • Sanlam Reality has partnered with Online Education by Boston to offer two education products to qualifying Sanlam Reality members:
    • A free supplementary schooling platform for Grades 8-12
    • A discounted replacement schooling platform
    • A free social and emotional learning platform for all
  • The replacement schooling platform offers access to the following curricula that members can choose from:
    • CAPS – FET phase Grades 10-12
    • Cambridge
    • Lower secondary stages 7, 8 and 9
  • Learners and parents/guardians can choose to register for the supplementary platform, the discounted replacement schooling platform and/or the social and emotional learning platform.
  • Learners and parents/guardians must be registered on either platform to use this benefit.
  • Online Education by Boston offers students the South African CAPS curriculum in distance mode through advanced online learning.
  • CAPS (Curriculum Policy Assessment Statements) is the curriculum developed by the South African government, for the purpose of achieving the National Senior Certificate.
  • Boston’s CAPS is authorised by the South African Comprehensive Assessment Institute (SACAI), which is the assessment body provisionally accredited with Umalusi (the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education Training) for all South African Grades 10 – 12 distance education.
  • Members who register for Online Education by Boston supplementary schooling will receive timetabled live online classes, video lessons, e-books and diagnostic tools to analyse results.
  • Members who register for Online Education by Boston replacement schooling will have access to the above and will be given the option of booking live online lessons with a subject matter specialist teacher, and also have the opportunity to ask questions.
  • Students must access their lessons on the Boston online portal. Lessons are in video format and have been created by the top industry teachers in their fields of study. Students can watch classes at any time and at their own pace.
  • Online Education by Boston produces its own e-books that summarise topics for certain CAPS subjects. Students will receive their subject e-books in addition to their video classes.
  • Members who register for Online Education by Boston replacement schooling will participate in the sophisticated artificial intelligent diagnostics built into the online platform. The proactive diagnostics also work proactively and notify parents and teachers when a student is in need of assistance.
  • The teachers at Online Education by Boston are all SACE-registered and -licensed teachers, and experts in their fields of specialisation. With experience and prowess, our teachers not only deliver online education, but take full advantage of the benefits and enhanced tools that are available only through online learning.
  • The following subjects are offered on the CAPS curriculum:
    • FET Phase: Grades 10-12
  • Compulsory:
    • English Home Language
    • Life Orientation
  • Second Language:
    • Afrikaans Second Additional Language (or)
    • Zulu Second Additional Language
  • Math Level:
    • Core Mathematics (or)
    • Mathematical Literacy
  • Electives
  • (Minimum 3 subjects)
    • Science
    • History
    • Geography
    • Accounting
    • Business Studies
    • Technology
    • Music
    • Tourism
    • Drama
  • Sanlam Reality qualifying members have access to the Cambridge Lower Secondary curriculum framework, which covers Stages 7 to 9, relating to the approximate age range 11-14 years. However, if the student starts school later, you can use the stages more flexibly to meet his/her needs.
  • The Lower Secondary Checkpoint (LSC) course prepares students for successful completion of their Cambridge programme. The IGCSE programme encompasses Grades 10-11.
  • Online Education by Boston offers only English, Science and Mathematics for the Lower Secondary Checkpoint level.
  • Online Education by Boston considers language, mathematics and science as important core subjects needed to transition students to the Cambridge curriculum for the next level in their academic careers.
  • The aim of the Cambridge LSC:
    • Cambridge LSC is designed to be used at the end of Stage 9. This is typically when learners are approximately 14 years old. It provides the foundations for Cambridge IGCSE and Cambridge O Level.
  • What are included in the discounted course fees?
    • A timetable of live classes
    • Videos
    • e-books that summarise the topics
    • Diagnostics
    • Detailed reporting
  • Formal Cambridge Checkpoint exams will be written after a student has successfully completed his/her 2-year course in November.
  • For English, Mathematics and Science, Cambridge LSC exams at the end of the course are marked in full by Cambridge International. Teachers mark the work and Cambridge moderates the marking.