Program Overview

Centre for Adult Education

The Centre for Adult Education offers various programs and research areas, including:

• Community Development
  • Dialogue and Dialectic
  • Disability
  • FET Colleges
  • Formal Courses
  • Literacy Research
• Publications
  • Adult Education
  • Literacy
• Formal Courses
  • NPDE:VT
  • B.Ed Honours
  • Master of Education
  • PhD
• Projects
  • Community Education Project
  • Paulo Freire Project
  • Peace Education Project
• Resources
  • Asifunde MTL Literacy Course
  • Seed Books
  • Family literacy
  • The Women's Handbook

National Professional Diploma in Education: Vocational Training (NPDE:VT)

The National Professional Diploma in Education (NPDE) is a qualification aimed at upgrading the qualifications of currently under-qualified educators. The NPDE:VT is specifically designed for educators who work in FET Institutions as well as practitioners in industry.

Purpose and Objective

The NPDE:VT provides educators with the opportunity to become fully qualified professionals (REQV 13) by opening up an alternate access route for further education and development. The program has a strong classroom focus and equips educators with the foundational, practical, and reflexive competences required for further study at NQF Level 6.

Program Details

The NPDE:VT builds on the experiences and preliminary professional training that under-qualified educators may have had. Between 2007 and 2008, 2000 students were registered for the NPDE:VT from various FET colleges in KwaZulu-Natal. The program is growing and caters to a growing sub-sector of education in the region.