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The Postgraduate Diploma in School Leadership and Management (NQF 8, 120 credits, SAQA 123161) lets working professional educators engage in advanced reflection on educational leadership and management. It deepens their knowledge so they can become leaders and middle or senior managers, and gives access to a related master's at NQF level 9.
Faculty: Faculty of Education | Duration: Minimum 2 years, maximum 3 years | Study mode: distance | Location: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Leadership and Management: a Theoretical Perspective, Management and Leading People in Schools, Curriculum Leadership and Management, Management of Financial and Physical Resources in Schools, Law, Policy and Management in Education, and a Capstone Project.
Becoming leaders and middle or senior managers in educational leadership and management.
An approved four-year Bachelor's degree in Education; or a three-year general Bachelor's degree plus a PGCE (NGOS) or former equivalent; or four-year professional teaching qualification(s) plus a related Advanced Diploma in Education (120 credits at NQF 7). Selection requires an average of at least 60% for NQF 7 modules in the final year, at least three years' teaching experience, and at least one year of related school management experience.
ZAR 52,080 for the whole programme (2027). 2027 total of the module costs listed for the whole qualification in the Akademia payment-options document. Excludes handbooks and additional administrative fees; subject to annual increase. Source
Applications for the 2027 academic year are online only. Closing dates: all undergraduate programmes, all higher certificates, postgraduate diplomas, the Advanced Diploma in Project Management and the LLM close on 29 January 2027. BAHons (Media and Communication), BComHons (Business Management) and BEdHons (Curriculum Studies) close on 8 January 2027. The PGCE (Senior Phase and FET Teaching) closes on 20 November 2026 (full-time) and 18 December 2026 (part-time). Credit applications close on 8 January 2027 and non-degree purposes on 15 January 2027.
The application fee is R500 (non-refundable if studies are cancelled); applications are submitted on the online portal with certified documents not older than three months.
Apply through the official page: https://akademia.ac.za/doen-aansoek/
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Akademia NPC, South Africa
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