Stadio sets sights on 100 000 students

DURBAN – Stadio Holdings has set its sights on growing its student numbers to 100000 in the future, banking on a huge demand for tertiary education in the country.

The group’s outgoing chief executive, Dr Chris van der Merwe, said yesterday that the country was in dire need of these campuses.

“With more than 400000 Grade 12 learners qualifying year-on-year from schools, our public universities can only accommodate 192000 of these learners. By scaling the Stadio concept, we can truly supplement the state’s offerings to students in many ways,” Van der Merwe said.

The investment holding company, which was unbundled from Curro Holdings in 2017 and listed separately on JSE, saw its learner numbers increasing by 7percent to 31869 for the year to end December.

Van der Merwe said the group’s next aim was to reach 40000 students and that the market was big enough for Stadio to be of service to 100000 students.

Source: iol.co.za