Established in 1997, The Open Learning Group is an effective distance education enabler of choice, supporting the teaching and learning journey in all education institutions and achieving increased throughput of graduates within South Africa with an increasing footprint into Africa.
Our aim is to make a real difference by enabling individuals to realise their career dreams, contributing to building a better educated and skilled Africa by providing quality education
OLG has two main divisions:
- Open Learning Group Services provides professional logistics and administrative support by servicing and supporting the complete student lifecycle from application to graduation. This infrastructure includes student acquisitions, enrolment, dispatch & distribution of material, assessments, student support and graduations.
- The second division is the Open Learning Group Academy which provides an articulation pathway of qualifications within the Logistics & Supply Chain Management field of expertise. OLG is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a Private Higher Education Institution, as an FET College: Skills Development Provider through the QCTO and is accredited with the ETDP SETA. OLG is also a registered provider of learnerships and Skills Programmes through TETA and W&RSETA.
The Open Learning Group (OLG) (Pty) Ltd forms part of Open Learning Holdings (OLH), a structure that hosts companies who specialise in solutions for the education, development and training sectors. Other subsidiaries include the Business School of Excellence (BSE) (Pty) Ltd in Namibia, Credo Books (Pty) Ltd, Principal Software (Pty) Ltd and D6 Communicator (Pty) Ltd in South Africa.
What OLG courses are on offer
BBA in Logistics and supply chain management
Diploma in Logistics and supply chain management
Higher Certificate in Logistics and supply chain management
These three qualifications are desperately needed in the Logistics profession with job opportunities available for many graduates almost immediately.
There are shorter courses and more specialised courses also available like, transportation management which can be inquired about, but for a career in logistics and supply chain management right now, the above three courses are in demand in industry right now.