Program Overview

Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching

Qualification Details

• Qualification Stream: English and Social Sciences
• Qualification Code: 90148 - ENS
• NQF Level: 7
• Total Credits: 132
• APS/AS: 50

Rules and Regulations

• Teachers who are already professionally qualified to teach may not offer this qualification.
• It is the student's responsibility to consult with the relevant Education Department districts or Provincial Education Departments regarding upgrading to additional REQV levels.
• Outstanding admission requirements may not be offered for non-degree purposes (NDP).
• Students who do not meet all admission requirements should consider applying for a BEd degree if not already professionally qualified.
• Unisa reserves the right to cancel PGCE modules registered in excess of this number.
• Students completing the PGCE over more than one year must register for the Teaching Methodology in the same year as the Teaching Practice.
• The maximum time allowed to complete the PGCE qualification is three years.
• Some pre-requisites and/or co-requisites outlined in this qualification may not apply, as they do not form part of the curriculum.
• This qualification consists of 11 modules and 132 credits.

Purpose Statement

The Postgraduate Certificate in Education serves as a professional 'capping' qualification for educators in schools, with the following aims:

• Develop and integrate appropriate disciplinary, pedagogical, practical, and situational knowledge.
• Cultivate a practical understanding of teaching and learning in diverse South African schools, considering educational theory, phase and subject specialization, practice, and policy.
• Foster self-reflexivity and self-understanding among prospective teachers.
• Nurture commitment to the ideals of the teaching profession and an understanding of teaching as a profession.
• Shape the professional dispositions and self-identity of learners as teachers.
• Develop learners as active citizens and instill the dispositions of citizenship in their students.
• Promote the competencies needed to organize learning among a diverse range of learners in varied contexts.

Mode of Presentation

This qualification will be delivered through online and distance learning.

Who Can Register

• Applicants (new candidates and Unisa students applying for a new qualification) may register only if they have received and accepted an offer of placement from Unisa.
• Re-registering students may register for the upcoming academic year once the registration period opens. Should they wish to start a new qualification, they are advised to apply online for the alternative qualification during the prescribed application period.

Modular Structure

Students must pass a certain number of credits within a specified timeframe to graduate.

• Co-requisites:
  • Module A must be taken if registering for Module B, and both must be registered simultaneously.
• Pre-requisites:
  • Module A must be passed before registering for Module B.

Students are not permitted to register for more than 60 credits per semester or 120 credits per academic year, excluding supplementary and/or aegrotat examinations.

Curriculum Modules

The curriculum comprises compulsory modules and a choice of language proficiency modules.

Group A: Compulsory Modules

All modules in this group must be registered:

• AED3701 - Assessment in Education (Pre-requisite: TPF3703 or TPN3703 or TPS3703 - not applicable for PGCE)
• CMG3701 - Classroom Management
• CUS3701 - Curriculum Studies
• ESC3701 - Educational Studies in Context
• INC3701 - Inclusive Education
• PED3701 - Psychology of Education
• SDENG3J - FET Subject Didactics English (Pre-requisites: ENG1501, ENG1502, ENG2601, ENG2602 & ENG2603)
• TMS3731 - Teaching Social Sciences in the Senior Phase
• TPS3705 - Teaching Practice for Senior Phase (Co-requisite: TMS3703 or TMS3733 or TMS3728 or TMS3708 or TMS3716 or TMS3720 or TMS3731 or TMS3722 or TMS3726)
• TPS3706 - Teaching Practice Further Education and Training (Co-requisite: TMS3707 or TMS3723 or TMS3704 or SDC4701 or TMS3709 or TMS3719 or TMS3715 or SDENG3J or TMS3705 or TMS3710 or TMS3701 or TMS3713 or TMS3714 or SDH4701 or TMS3706 or TMS3718 or TMS3721 or TMS3725 or TMS3724 or TMS3729 or TMS3730 or TMS3734 or TMS3711)

Group B: Language of Communicative Competence

Choose ONE module from the following (must not be the same as Home or First Additional Language):

• AFK1505 - Afrikaans for Beginners
• NDE1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - isiNdebele
• NSO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Sepedi
• SNL1507 - Basic Sign Language
• SSO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Sesotho
• SWA1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - SiSwati
• TSO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Xitsonga
• TSW1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Setswana
• VEN1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Tshivenda
• XHO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - isiXhosa
• ZUL1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - isiZulu