Faculty of Education & School Development

Postgraduate Programmes

 Our postgraduate programmes are designed to provide graduates with research skills and competencies necessary to respond effectively to challenges in learning and teaching/curriculum, leadership, governance and management and education in general.


POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (PGCE)

Admission Requirements

The minimum qualification requirement for admission to a PGCE is an approved three-year (360 credit Level 6 in the former 8-level NQF) university degree or diploma with courses in at least two appropriate fields of study which will allow the student to do teaching methods or curriculum studies in the school subjects and/or learning areas.

One of the teaching subjects should have been done at least at the second-year level and the other one on the third-year level.

A teaching method or curriculum studies in a FET school subject should follow an appropriate academic field of study at the second-year degree level at least.

NOTE: Departures from the above are subject to the approval of the Senate.

  • Accounting
  • Agricultural Science
  • Business Studies
  • Computer Application Technology
  • Economics
  • Economic Management Sciences
  • Mathematics
  • Physical Sciences
  • Life Sciences
  • Natural Sciences.

Core/Fundamental/Elective

  • Language Competence
  • Principles of Learning and Teaching
  • Psychology of Learning and Teaching
  • Educational Studies 1
  • Educational Studies 2
  • Educational Studies.

Curriculum Studies Areas

  • Except as provided for in Regulation E6.2.1 second bullet-(c), no student will be allowed to do the curriculum studies course in an approved school subject unless s/he has already passed the number of modules equivalent to a second-year degree course in the corresponding approved subject (for the degree).
  • No curriculum studies will be offered if the number of registered students does not make it viable for that particular year.
  • Students will be advised accordingly.

Duration
The Curriculum for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education shall extend over one academic year of full-time study or two academic years of part-time study. 

Curriculum and Other Details

For more details, download your copy of the 2021 Komani Faculty of Education and School Development prospectus.


Masters of Education (MED) by Dissertation only (MEDD)

Curriculum and Other Details

For more details, download your copy of the 2021 Komani Faculty of Education and School Development prospectus.