Curro Independent Schools

{{Short description|Curro Independent Schools - quality assured schooling edu-business in Southern Africa.}}

{{Short description|Curro Independent Schools - quality assured schooling edu-business in Southern Africa.}}

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'''Curro Independent Schools''' or '''Curro Holdings Limited''' (JSE: COH) is the largest and leading edu-business<ref name="Pesonen 2024">{{Cite journal |last1=Valkonen |first1=Satu |first2=Pesonen ,Jaana |last3=and Brunila |first3=Kristiina |title=The whirlpool of edu-business: student's categorical judgements of entangled commercialism in an educational context |journal=Pedagogy, Culture & Society |date=2024 |volume=0 |pages=1–18 |doi=10.1080/14681366.2024.2362961 |issn=1468-1366|doi-access=free }}</ref> in South Africa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Curro's private university business lists on the JSE |url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/202462/curros-private-university-business-lists-on-the-jse/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> This independent schools [[holding company]] is committed to stewardship of the environment, being socially responsible<ref>{{Cite web |title=Curro Holdings Limited {{!}} Investment Banking |url=https://www.investec.com/en_za/investec-for-corporates/transactions/curro-2023.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Investec |language=en-za}}</ref> and following good governance principles.<ref>https://www.curro.co.za/media/qhuinzzb/curro-king-iv-register-2022.pdf</ref> The schools footprint is found across the South Africa's nine provinces,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Curro Holdings Limited v The Independent School Business of Heronbridge College and Another (LM010Apr21) [2021] ZACT 67 (22 September 2021) |url=https://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZACT/2021/67.html#_ftn3 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.saflii.org}}</ref> and has been lauded by a business writer as an “educational juggernaut”.<ref>{{Cite news |title=MARC HASENFUSS: In praise of education juggernaut Curro |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinion/market-watch/2020-08-27-marc-hasenfuss-in-praise-of-education--juggernaut-curro/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210812152739/https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinion/market-watch/2020-08-27-marc-hasenfuss-in-praise-of-education--juggernaut-curro/ |archive-date=2021-08-12 |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=BusinessLIVE |language=en-ZA}}</ref>

'''Curro Independent Schools''' or '''Curro Holdings Limited''' (JSE: COH) is the largest and leading edu-business<ref name="Pesonen 2024">{{Cite journal |last1=Valkonen |first1=Satu |first2=Pesonen ,Jaana |last3=and Brunila |first3=Kristiina |title=The whirlpool of edu-business: student's categorical judgements of entangled commercialism in an educational context |journal=Pedagogy, Culture & Society |date=2024 |volume=0 |pages=1–18 |doi=10.1080/14681366.2024.2362961 |issn=1468-1366|doi-access=free }}</ref> in South Africa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Curro's private university business lists on the JSE |url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/202462/curros-private-university-business-lists-on-the-jse/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> This independent schools [[holding company]] is committed to stewardship of the environment, being socially responsible<ref>{{Cite web |title=Curro Holdings Limited {{!}} Investment Banking |url=https://www.investec.com/en_za/investec-for-corporates/transactions/curro-2023.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Investec |language=en-za}}</ref> and following good governance principles.<ref>https://www.curro.co.za/media/qhuinzzb/curro-king-iv-register-2022.pdf</ref> The schools footprint is found across the South Africa's nine provinces,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Curro Holdings Limited v The Independent School Business of Heronbridge College and Another (LM010Apr21) [2021] ZACT 67 (22 September 2021) |url=https://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZACT/2021/67.html#_ftn3 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.saflii.org}}</ref> and has been lauded by a business writer as an “educational juggernaut”.<ref>{{Cite news |title=MARC HASENFUSS: In praise of education juggernaut Curro |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinion/market-watch/2020-08-27-marc-hasenfuss-in-praise-of-education--juggernaut-curro/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210812152739/https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinion/market-watch/2020-08-27-marc-hasenfuss-in-praise-of-education--juggernaut-curro/ |archive-date=2021-08-12 |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=BusinessLIVE |language=en-ZA}}</ref>