Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa(ISASA) is the largest and most established organization of independent. The Conference of Headmasters and Headmistresses, which was established in 1929, is where ISASA had its start.
ISASA has more than 870 school members in South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, Angola, Lesotho,Mozambique and Zambia. Over 200,000 learners attend ISASA-affiliated schools.
ISASA is a non-profit, voluntary association and schools elect to apply forISASA membership. Eachmember school pays an annual subscription fee and, in return, ISASA provides its members with a range of services. These include financial, advocacy, school best practice, professional development and other services.
ISASA does not own or manage any individual schools and is not a governing body for private schools. ISASA’s vision is of a Southern Africa in which quality education is available to all learners, the value of independent education in contributing to this goal is recognised, and a value-based, public-spirited community of diverse, high quality independent schools is developed.