Excelsior Academic College (Boksburg)

Excelsior Academic College in Boksburg. "Academic College." They really looked at 46 kids in a building and said, college. Bra, that is not a college, that is a family reunion with homework. Your matric class probably fits in one minibus taxi with room left over for the driver's lunch and someone's aunty's bags. Six educators for 46 learners. Seven point seven kids per teacher. Look, I am not going to lie, that ratio is actually suspiciously good, which means one of two things. Either this school is genuinely giving personal attention to every single student, or they ran out of learners and the teachers are starting to outnumber the Grade 11s. Your teacher definitely knows your name, your surname, your mother's name, and what you had for lunch. There is nowhere to hide in this school. You cannot skip class and say you were there. There are six people who will tell on you immediately. Boksburg is not exactly the kind of place where you put the word "Excelsior" on a sign and nobody asks questions. Excelsior means "ever upward." Sir, the East Rand has load shedding. Sometimes upward is just getting the lights back on. But credit where it is due, small school, small class sizes, teachers who actually have to care because they literally cannot avoid you. That is more than most big fancy schools can say. Overall verdict: Excelsior Academic College is basically a very intense private tutoring centre that accidentally became a school, but honestly, worse things have happened in Boksburg.