Are South African schools preparing children for the future; or for a world that's already disappearing?
We sit down with Fagan and Kim Muller, the founders of BLASC Academic Hub, to explore what education should look like in a rapidly changing world.
What started in 2021 with - just four learners around a coffee table - has grown into a thriving educational community built on one simple belief: "be the change you wish to see".
Kim shares her journey from studying Psychology at the University of the Western Cape to discovering her passion for teaching and educational development, while Fagan reflects on his journey from playing semi-professional football and studying. Navigating the UWC "Pert" aka Perto-Rico the realm that captured many peoples degrees with a motto - "Class is overrated" - a full 180 to being a Champion of the classroom.
Together, they open up about the realities of building an independent educational hub from the ground up—the victories, the setbacks, and the countless challenges of securing premises, meeting compliance requirements, navigating government regulations, and finding educators who genuinely live out the mission of putting children first.
Throughout the episode we explore:
✅ Why children need to be prepared for careers that don't even exist yet
✅ What parents can do to better support learning at home
✅ The difference between teaching for marks and teaching for life
✅ Why reading for understanding is one of the greatest gifts parents can give their children
✅ The importance of failure, resilience, and learning to fail forward
✅ Building schools around purpose instead of tradition
The episode wraps up with a fun Gen C Podcast game segment where the two look back on their favourite—and least favourite—teachers from school
**About BLASC Academic Hub**
BLASC stands for *Business, Life, Academic and Sport Coaching*. Their long-term vision is bold: to create an educational ecosystem that supports learners academically, emotionally, socially, and personally—with the dream of one BLASC campus in every South African province and, eventually, around the world.
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