Edtech and eliminating angst: The ‘convenience’ of online school for mental healthÂ
Students who don’t fit the mould of traditional schooling are conveniently eliminating a lot of their everyday angst by sticking to online school.
Students who don’t fit the mould of traditional schooling are conveniently eliminating a lot of their everyday angst by sticking to online school.
As a result, many of the school’s students say that they’ve made more ‘real friends’ in the virtual classroom than they ever did at ‘normal’ school.
Alec Hogg talks to Valenture Institute founder Robert Paddock about the future of online schooling – and the benefits that come with it.
In January 2021, students at Valenture Institute, a global online high school will be able to choose to learn online-only or to attend a Boutique Campus.
In 2020, Valenture will offer the equivalent of SA’s Grades 8, 9, 10 and 11, expanding to matric the following year.