Diploma in Grade R Teaching at Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Programme overview

It aims to build the knowledge, skills, and values required for teachers' professional practice, and to lay the basis for continuing professional development through lifelong learning. Offering type listed: MOWBRAY - PART-TIME; PART-TIME WELLINGTON.

Faculty: Faculty of Education | Department: Foundation Phase Studies | Study mode: part-time | Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Subjects listed on the programme page include Academic Literacy 1; Educational Studies: Education 1; Life Skills: Health & Safety 1; Mathematics 1; Professional Practice 1; Teaching Studies: Emergent Mathematics 1.

Career pathways

Upon successful completion of the Diploma in Grade R, you may apply for admission to the Bachelor of Education (Foundation Phase). You will initially register as a first-year student and may then apply for internal recognition/exemption. If your application is approved, you will be able to continue with your second year of study.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

1 Diploma endorsed NSC pass 2 Applicants without a diploma endorsed NSC pass may be selected with a Level 4 and/or Level 5 ECD qualification 3 On an official letterhead, a typed, signed and stamped letter by the principal confirming employment as a Grade R teacher on a full-time, voluntary or contractual basis and the period of employment. First preference will be given to Grade R teachers employed on a full-time basis. 4 The language of instruction in Mowbray is English and in Wellington it is Afrikaans

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.

Applications for the 2027 intake open on Monday, 11 May 2026. Diploma applications close on 30 September 2026 for South African citizens and 31 August 2026 for non-South African citizens (31 July 2026 for Emergency Medical Care and Somatology; 31 August 2026 for Grade R and Early Childhood Care and Education).

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.

Apply through the official page: https://www.cput.ac.za/study-at-cput/undergraduate/apply

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