The Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa (ISASA) is the largest and oldest association of independent schools in Southern Africa.
ISASA today is a not for profit company (NPC), which represents more than 900 independent schools in South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, Angola, Mozambique, Lesotho, Mauritius and Zambia.
Since the collapse of the apartheid state and the advent of democracy in South Africa, dramatic changes have occurred in the independent (private) school sector.
The dominant public perception of independent schools at that time was “white, affluent and exclusive”.
The sector serves a wide range of different religions, philosophies and educational approaches across the full socio-economic spectrum.