Boarding Facilities
Available from Grade 8
Prinshof School For The Visually Impaired Pre-School is located in Pretoria. Prinshof School, situated in the Pretoria Central Business District, provides quality, specialised education to blind and partially sighted learners from across the country. A number of learners from other African countries also receive tuition at the school.
Most of the learners follow the mainstream curriculum from Gr R up to Gr 12. Learners with additional impairments are accommodated in the Section for Special Education. A total of 400 learners are currently enrolled at the school of 207 are boarders in 7 hostels on the school grounds.
The vision of the school is to provide excellent and relevant specialised education to visually impaired learners from all cultures in accordance with the constitutional rights of every individual. The school is dual medium and the language of teaching and learning are Afrikaans and English.
Partially sighted learners receive their learning material and assessment in the font which is best suited to their eye condition while blind learners receive theirs in braille. All learners qualify for additional time concession to complete tests and examinations and some benefit from the use of amanuenses. Low-vision aids are available in classrooms and basic mobility instruction and white cane training are provided to blind learners.
The school is very proud of the fact that for the past 20 years the matriculants have achieved 100% pass rate. The subjects offered include Mathematics, Mathematical Literacy, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Business Studies, Economics, Consumer Studies and Computer Applications Technology. After completing Grade 12, many learners continue their studies at tertiary institutions while others enter employment in the open labour market.
The Foundation Phase of Prinshof School accommodates learners from Gr. R - 3.
There are two sections - one for partially sighted learners and one for blind (Braille learners).
Partially sighted
The partially sighted learners have limited eye sight. There are close circuit television systems in the classrooms and no blackboards. Work is read from a television screen which the teacher shows from a camera. Every two learners sit by a screen.
Adaptions are made with learning materials such as text books that are enlarged. Teachers must also create own learning material.
The Braille section
The blind learners write on braille machines. They learn contractions to help them read and write faster. The braille machine and braille paper are very expensive. The learners follow the same CAPS curriculum and do the same work than any other school. Most of the learners are in the hostel and day scholars come to school by taxi.
Most of the books, worksheets and textbooks are adapted in braille by the educators.
Available from Grade 8
Monday
07:30 - 16:00
Tuesday
07:30 - 16:00
Wednesday
07:30 - 16:00
Thursday
07:30 - 16:00
Friday
07:30 - 16:00
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
04/06/2026 03:57 local time
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