Instill Education (Pty) Ltd is a South African education organisation, headquartered in Johannesburg (The Business Exchange, 195 Jan Smuts Ave), focused on teacher training, school-leadership development and Early Childhood Development (ECD) practitioner upskilling. Founded around 2015 by Alim Ladha (CEO) and Tom Parry (Co-Founder/Dean of Operations), it runs a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) programme for aspiring teachers, teacher-upskilling services for partner schools, and 'Upskill', a free professional-development platform reported to have tens of thousands of users across South Africa, Ghana and Kenya. Third-party listings (e.g. Careers Portal) describe its PGCE in Foundation Phase Teaching as DHET-accredited and state Instill is one of only two South African providers offering it, but this could not be independently confirmed on an official Instill site because the organisation's website is not currently accessible (see website_check). Instill has received programme-related investment/grant funding from organisations including Optimizer Foundation, WISE, Injini, Kepple Africa Ventures, Mastercard Foundation and Sorenson Impact Foundation, and has partnered with Innovation Edge on an ECD 'EduMentor' programme. Reported company size is roughly 25 employees, with claims of having trained thousands of teachers/school leaders across South Africa and other African countries. Given the website outage, prospective students should verify current accreditation and enrolment status directly by phone/email before relying on this information.
Qualifications & Programmes
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in Foundation Phase Teaching (Grades R-3)
- Upskill teacher professional development platform/modules
- EduMentor Programme for Early Childhood Development (ECD) practitioners (with Innovation Edge)