OUR PROGRAMME

REALEMA

Growing Teachers for Tomorrow

Realema’s programme runs in five-year cycles that are divided into two parts: The Candidate Enrichment Programme followed by the Teacher Internship Bursary, being four subsequent years of distance tertiary studies for a teaching degree, while completing full-time internships at our partner schools.

Our graduates join our alumni association, called Realumni. We encourage our alumni to mentor our interns, and we host events that help them to stay in touch with Realema and each other.

Candidate Enrichment
Programme

Teacher Internship
Bursary

Our
Alumni

PHASE ONE

CANDIDATE ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME

The CEP helps our candidates to decide whether teaching is the right career for them, while also introducing them to life skills that help them to reach their goals. The CEP forms an essential part of our selection process, as we get to know the candidates through our various interactions with them. We give them life skills lessons such as stress management, study skills, sexual wellbeing and interview skills. They also complete comprehensive aptitude tests and job shadow teachers, so that they can experience what it feels like to be a teacher and make informed choices about their future. 

We invite students from pre-selected schools and programmes (called our Feeder Schools) to apply to Realema if they wish to study teaching. External applications via our website or by word of mouth are also welcomed.

PHASE TWO

TEACHER INTERNSHIP
BURSARY

We offer comprehensive bursaries to study towards a distance teaching degree while working full-time as teacher interns at top South African schools. Our interns become fully integrated into the teaching faculty and all aspects of the academic, sporting and cultural lives of Realema’s partner schools where they are placed for the during of their degrees.

The bursaries include:

  • University fees and books
  • Accommodation support
  • Internship stipend
  • Laptop and IT support
  • Individual academic tutoring
  • Life skills workshops
  • Professional psychological counselling
  • Comprehensive and multi-layered mentorship
  • Classroom confidence coaching
  • Medical insurance assistance
  • Assistance with CVs and job applications upon graduation
  • Membership to Realema’s alumni association

A video by one of our interns, Taherah Oliver.

Our Alumni

We have 45 alumni of whom 44 were offered permanent teaching posts in South African schools upon leaving Realema. Many of our alumni have enrolled or completed post-graduate degrees, some have married, and others have bought homes. We do not guarantee our interns teaching posts after graduation, but we introduce them to our networks, and assist them with interview skills and preparing their CVs. We stay in touch through our alumni association, Realumni, and reconnect to share experiences and offer guidance upon request.