Oprah Winfrey will close the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls after the next school year and transfer the campus to the Gauteng Department of Education under the original agreement.She will shift the foundations work to a scholarship program that aims to double the number of girls receiving support and will cover tuition for current students who must transfer to finish their education.The academy opened in 2007 after a conversation with
Nelson Mandela, has graduated more than 1,000 students, and Winfrey says the change is meant to expand the initiatives reach across
South Africa through partnerships and targeted grants.