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Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Senior Phase and FET) at University of Zululand

University of Zululand, South Africa

Programme overview

The Postgraduate Certificate in Education (3PGS01-3PGS32) is a professional capping qualification for people with an appropriate 360 or 480 credit bachelor's degree who want to join the teaching profession; it prepares educators to teach Grade 7 to Grade 12 and is offered full-time only. This record covers the Senior Phase and Further Education and Training (SP and FET) subject combinations listed in the PGCE handbook (140 credits at NQF level 7 per combination).

Faculty: Faculty of Education  |  Department: Educational Professional Practice Unit  |  Duration: 1 year minimum (maximum 2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: January  |  Location: KwaDlangezwa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

What you will study

Compulsory education modules (semester modules in education studies, general pedagogy and professional practice) plus subject methodology modules for the chosen two-subject combination.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A first university degree or relevant qualification of at least 360 credits with two recognised school subjects in that qualification (one at level 3 and one at level 2 for the senior phase subjects as set out in the subject-combination table), and the ability to take two methodologies; WIL is done in a high school (Gr 8-12).

Intake: January

Duration: 1 year minimum (maximum 2 years)

Apply through the official page: https://www.unizulu.ac.za/apply/

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