Early Childhood Development Programm
Requirements
- ✓Applicants must meet one of the following minimum entry requirements.
- ✓National Senior Certificate (NSC)
- ✓Senior Certificate (SC)
- ✓National Senior Certificate for Adults (NASCA)
- ✓Level 4 National Certificate (Vocational)
- ✓Level 4 Early Childhood Development qualification
- ✓Applicants may also be admitted through Recognition of Prior Learning if they have relevant experience in early childhood education.
About This Role
Your Goal:
“I want to become a qualified Early Childhood Development (ECD) educator”
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SANTS QUALIFICATION
Higher Certificate in
Early Childhood Care and Education
Minimum course duration:
1 Year
132 Credits
NQF Exit Level 5
What this Higher Certificate Programme will do for you:
This early childhood development programme equips you to become a qualified Early Childhood Development (ECD) educator.
Help you become a resourceful, adaptable, pedagogically flexible, knowledgeable, proactive, reflective educator.
Prepare for South African early childhood education contexts.
This Early Childhood Development Programme will enable competence in:
This ECD course will leave you understanding theories of holistic child development and learning in the early years
Applying disciplinary knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge to facilitate learning in ECCE contexts.
Applying basic leadership and managerial skills to manage early learning environments.
Understanding the educational and ecological contexts and issues that shape children’s learning in the early years.
Understanding your profession and professional role.
Accreditation & Registration
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Application Dates
Accreditation: CHE accreditation number H/PR148/AR014CAN.
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DHET Approval: Registration No.2012/ HE07/ 003.
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Registration: Registered with SAQA. Qualification ID: 123625.
Can I upgrade to a Bachelor’s qualification if I obtain the Higher Certificate?
A completed HCert (ECCE) meets the minimum entry requirement for admission and credit recognition to/in a Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education.
A completed HCert (ECCE) meets the minimum entry requirement for admission and credit recognition to/in a Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Care and Education (BEd (ECCE)).
Students who have successfully completed the SANTS HCert (ECCE) may be granted access to the SANTS Bachelor of Education in Foundation Phase Teaching programme. “Teachers who are in possession of a recognised certificate or diploma in education or another relevant field, may also present their qualifications for entry into a BEd with a possibility of transfer of credits, for cognate previous studies” (DHET, 2015, -p. 22).
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