EDUCARE
Educare offers specialized education and training in Early Childhood Development and understanding of the physical, mental and emotional needs and development of the pre-school child
| CODE | INSTRUCTIONAL OFFERING | CREDITS | FIELD |
| 4110384 | Day Care Personnel Development N4 | 0,125 | 5 |
| 7080104 | Educare Didactics: Theory and Practical N4 | 0,125 | 5 |
| 7080094 | Education N4 | 0,125 | 5 |
| 9070244 | Child Health N4 | 0,125 | 9 |
REMARKS
ADMISSIONREQUIREMENTS
- A Senior Certificate and the National Introductory Certificate: N4 Educare;or
- a National Certificate: N3 Educare,or
- a National Senior Certificate: Educare;or
- an equivalentqualification.
DURATION
Full-time OR Part-time : One semester.
PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS
- Compulsory instructional offerings
All the instructional offerings are compulsory.
PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS
- For the instructional offering, Educare Didactics: Theory and Practical N4, the semester mark will be added to the examination mark in a ratio of 60:40, to determine the promotion mark.
| CODE | INSTRUCTIONAL OFFERING | CREDITS | FIELD |
| 04090304 | Entrepreneurship and Business Management N4 | 0,125 | 3 |
| 051440225 | Day Care Communication N5 | 0,125 | 11 |
| 07080115 | Educare Didactics: Theory and Practical N5 | 0,125 | 5 |
| 20060105 | Educational Psychology N5 | 0,125 | 5 |
REMARKS
ADMISSIONREQUIREMENTS
- A National Certificate: N4: Educare, or an equivalent qualification.
DURATION
Full-time: One semester.
PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS
- Compulsory instructional offerings:
- All the instructional offerings are compulsory.
PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS
- For Educare Didactics: Theory and Practical N5, the ratio of the semester mark to examination mark is 60:40.
50610001 EDUCARE – N6
| CODE | INSTRUCTIONAL OFFERING | CREDITS | FIELD |
| 04110396 | Day Care Management N6 | 0,125 | 9 |
| 05140236 | Day Care Communication N6 | 0,125 | 9 |
| 07080126 | Educare Didactics: Theory and Practical N6 | 0,125 | 5 |
| 20060116 | Educational Psychology N6 | 0,125 | 5 |
REMARKS
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
A National Certificate: N5: Educare, or an equivalent qualification.
DURATION
Full-time: One semester.
PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS
- Compulsory instructional offerings
All the instructional offerings are compulsory.
PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS
- For Educare Didactics: Theory and Practical N6, the ratio of semester mark to examination mark, is 60:40.
How to Apply
Application for Nated Diploma Programmes is done a year ahead of the intended year of study for Semester 1.
Semester 2 applications open in April/May and classes commence in July after the semester break.
Minimum Entry Requirements
Students intending to pursue any one of the Nated Diploma Programmes need to be in possession of a Grade 12 Certificate or be currently be in grade 9/10/11/12 during the year of application. Minimum entry requirements are as follows.
School of Business
A student must have a minimum of 23 combined points (points must exclude Life Orientation) in order to be considered in any of the Business Studies programmes.
School Of Engineering
A student needs to have 40% and above for both Mathematics and Physical Sciences in order to be considered for this programme. Please note that students with Mathematical literacy will not be considered for Engineering no matter the percentage pass.
Duration
Nated Programmes consist of theoretical and Practical component. The student undergo 3 levels of the theoretical component for a period of 18 months, namely N4, N5 and N6. Upon Completion of each of these levels the student will receive a certificate. Each of the levels takes 6 months to complete. Students will only be issued a National Diploma Certificate on completion of both Theoretical and Practical Components. The Practical Component requires students to go for Work Based Experience. Students will are expected to go to the workplace for practicals shadowing officials/ practitioners within their field of study. The students need to complete 18 months in the workplace. A workbook will be issued out to students going for Work Based Experience and the workbook must be completed and signed by both the student and their allocated supervisor every week.
Class Attendance
The college has a zero tolerance policy to poor and non-class attendance. Students need to inform their lectures if they will be absent from class, this is extremely important as poor or non-attendance could lead to serious consequences. Students need to familiarise themselves with the class attendance policy so as to avoid unsympathetic consequences.
Examination
Students will undergo a National Examination for each of the subjects they have registered, lecturers and Examination officers at each campus will notify students about examination application processes. Students must familiarise themselves with the examination policies and always adhere to the examination rules and regulations.