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BEd Honours in Educational Management and Leadership at Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

Programme overview

The B Ed Honours qualifications offered by CPUT consist of a generic component and an elective component. The generic component comprises current relevant educational themes and perspectives (offered in the module Education 5) as well as research methods and techniques (offered in the modules Introduction to Research in Education and Research Methods in Education). The generic component serves as an essential, foundational underpinning for the elective component, the latter which comprises a specialisation module (e.g. Offering type listed: PART-TIME WELLINGTON; Mowbray - Fulltime; MOWBRAY - PART-TIME; FULL-TIME WELLINGTON.

Faculty: Faculty of Education  |  Department: Postgraduate Studies and Research  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Subjects listed on the programme page include Community Relationship Management; Education; Human Capital Management in Education; Introduction to Research in Education; Law in Education; Leadership Strategies in Education.

Career pathways

Upon completion of eitherB Ed Honours qualifications, a student may apply towards studying a Master’s degree in Education (M Ed).

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Application information

Entry requirements

For B Ed Honours in Educational Management and Leadership, the minimum admission requirement is • A four-year NQF level 7 Bachelor of Education degree with a minimum average of 60%, OR • Another appropriate Bachelor’s degree, with a minimum average of 60% for the degree, followed by a recognised NQF level 7 professional teaching qualification, with a minimum average of 60%, OR • An appropriate 360 credit National Diploma with a minimum average of 60% for the diploma followed by a recognised NQF level 7 professional teaching qualification, with a minimum average of 60%, OR • A four year NQF level 6 BEd degree, followed by a level 7 Advanced Diploma in Education (ADE), • A four-year professional teaching qualification with a minimum average of 60%, as well as an Advanced Diploma in Education, with a minimum average of 60% In all cases above, the qualification(s) must include (a) major subject(s) cognate to the broad field of educational management and leadership. • In addition, a prospective student must demonstrate a sufficient level of competence in academic literacy, by completing a writing task based on locating and retrieving academic texts such as selected journal articles, extracting key arguments from these, and critically collating these into a coherent, structured written text, while making use of correct referencing techniques. Note: Applicants in possession of an appropriate ND, who wish to apply for B Ed Honours Educational Managementand Leadership, must first complete a full-time PCGE in order to enroll for additional modules in education management offered in the full-time B Ed undergraduate qualifications at CPUT.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Postgraduate diploma applications for 2027 close on 30 September 2026 for both national and international applicants; applications open on Monday, 11 May 2026.

The application fee is R110 (non-refundable); the late application fee is R160. A deposit of R1,750 is payable on acceptance and a registration fee of R785 applies.

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