{"id":49234,"date":"2021-03-04T09:18:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T07:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/fountain-of-life-graduates-excel-with-switchon-20210303-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:15:28","slug":"fountain-of-life-graduates-excel-with-switchon-20210303-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/fountain-of-life-graduates-excel-with-switchon-20210303-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fountain of Life graduates excel with SwitchOn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_c9d3450d\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11007\/b928ffcd76f3408e8e9c5af0d886928c.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11007\/361f2bb9bb354c6689e9e2bd022e7d37.jpg\" title=\"Fountain of Life graduates seen above are (front from left) Yvette Christoffels (3.815 GPA : 92 - 93% average), Emihle Kona (3.785 GPA : 92 - 93% average), Sisipho April (3.4 GPA : 89 - 90% average) with at the back Desire\u00e9 Steyn (CEO\/Principal), Siseko Hermanus (3.8725 GPA : 92 - 93% average), Zusakhe Hlela (3.725 GPA : 92 - 93% average) and Jaden-Welsh Jacobs (3.7225 GPA : 92 - 93% average).                            Photo:SUPPLIED\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Fountain of Life graduates seen above are (front from left) Yvette Christoffels (3.815 GPA : 92 \u2013 93% average), Emihle Kona (3.785 GPA : 92 \u2013 93% average), Sisipho April (3.4 GPA : 89 \u2013 90% average) with at the back Desire\u00e9 Steyn (CEO\/Principal), Siseko Hermanus (3.8725 GPA : 92 \u2013 93% average), Zusakhe Hlela (3.725 GPA : 92 \u2013 93% average) and Jaden-Welsh Jacobs (3.7225 GPA : 92 \u2013 93% average).                            Photo:SUPPLIED<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>HAVING switched over to a fully digital online curriculum in January 2019, Fountain of Life\u2019s Grade 12s were thrown in at the deep-end, but these \u201cpioneers\u201d have just graduated, and the school is absolutely thrilled with their results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Desire\u00e9 Steyn, the CEO and Principal of Fountain of Life Christian School in Uitenhage said, \u201cIt was risky switching over to a new curriculum and being only the second school in the country to do so at that time. We had no idea how well, or whether it would work. Now we have proof that it really works, and our students\u2019 marks attest to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were looking for a Biblically-based, self-paced, individualized curriculum that meets the educational needs of today, with the traditional values of yesterday, and the technology of tomorrow, and SwitchedOn Education ticked all the boxes.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the students have been registered at the Nelson Mandela University, the University of Cape Town, the University of Pretoria, and Rhodes University, and the school is looking forward to more good things in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fountain of Life Christian School has been in operation since 1997 and provides quality education from Grade 0 to Grade 12. 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