Universities, bursaries, qualifications, 8,000+ high schools.
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$ curl https://api.helpdeskcentral.co.za/schools/api/geo/schools?q=curro&limit=2 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_••••••••" { "total": 25, "results": [ { "name": "Curro Durbanville", "city": "Cape Town", "province": "Western Cape" } ] }
Everything you need to build
Comprehensive, structured education data delivered via a clean REST API.
Universities
Application cycles, faculties, campuses and APS requirements.
Bursaries
Scholarships with opening/closing dates and eligibility criteria.
Qualifications
2,000+ programmes with NQF levels and APS requirements.
High Schools
Full directory, 8,000+ schools with province and geo filtering.
Postal Codes
20,000+ SA suburbs with street and box postal codes.
APS Calculator
Admission Point Score calculation with subject mapping.
Production-ready from day one
Built for South African edtech. Designed for reliability.
<100ms median response
Optimised queries with indexes on every filterable column.
Real-time freshness
Data is updated continuously. Always current, never stale.
Simple auth
Bearer token, X-API-Key header or ?key= param. Hashed server-side.
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