Educor
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Educor Holdings (Pty) Ltd |
| type | Subsidiary |
| parent | National Pride Trading 452 (Pty) Ltd |
| image | Educor_Logo.jpg |
| industry | Private tertiary education |
| founded | |
| services | Education |
| subsid | Damelin |
| Damelin Correspondence College | |
| CityVarsity | |
| ICESA City Campus | |
| Lyceum College | |
| Intec College | |
| Durban Central Technical College | |
| area_served | South Africa |
| hq_location | Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| website | |
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Educor (officially Education Holdings Pty Ltd) is a South African holding company that owns multiple private tertiary education institutions, multiple of which have been deregistered by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training for continuously failing to meet their mandates.
Operations
Educor owns the following private tertiary education institutions:
- Damelin (deregistered by the South African government)
- CityVarsity (deregistered by the South African government)
- ICESA City Campus (deregistered by the South African government)
- Damelin Correspondence College (deregistered by the South African government)
- Lyceum College (deregistered by the South African government)
- Intec College
- Durban Central Technical College
History
Educor was established in 1996, when the Housewares Group bought educational institutions Damelin and Midrand College. In June of the same year, Educor was listed on the JSE Limited, South Africa's largest stock exchange.
In January 2008, Educor was purchased from Media 24 by National Pride Trading 452 (Pty) Ltd.
In January 2026, as a result of Damelin, City Varsity, and ICESA City Campus continuously being unable to fulfil their mandates, the South African Department of Higher Education and Training issued a Notice of Intent to Cancel the institutions' registrations.
References
References
- "History of Educor". Educor.
- (2024-03-27). "Damelin and 3 other colleges deregistered". The Star.
- ''Educor Website''[http://www.educor.co.za/our-company] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-10-06 2011)
- James Tooley. (April 1999). "The Global Education Industry - Lessons from Private Education in Developing Countries". The International Energy Agency.
- Luke Fraser. (23 January 2026). "Private university set to shut down in South Africa". BusinessTech.
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