Program Overview

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

The Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching is a professional 'capping' qualification for educators in schools.

Purpose Statement

The qualification seeks to develop and consolidate in an integrated way appropriate disciplinary, pedagogical, practical, and situational knowledge. It aims to cultivate a practical understanding of teaching and learning in a diverse range of South African schools, about educational theory, phase, and subject specialization, practice, and policy.

Qualification Details

• Qualification stream: Music
• Qualification code: 90148 - MUS
• NQF level: 7
• Total credits: 132
• APS/AS: 50

Rules

• Teachers who are already professionally qualified to teach may not offer this qualification.
• It is the responsibility of the student to consult with the relevant Education Department districts or Provincial Education Departments on how to upgrade to additional REQV levels.
• Outstanding admission requirements may NOT be offered for non-degree purposes (NDP).
• Students who do not meet all the admission requirements for this qualification should rather 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 the Teaching Methodology in the same year as the Teaching Practice.
• The MAXIMUM number of years in which the PGCE qualification may be completed is THREE years.

Curriculum

The qualification consists of 11 modules and 132 credits.

Modules

The following modules are part of the curriculum:

Group A: Compulsory Modules

• AED3701 - Assessment in Education
  • Pre-requisite: TPF3703 or TPN3703 or TPS3703 (not for PGCE)
• CMG3701 - Classroom Management
• CUS3701 - Curriculum Studies
• ESC3701 - Educational Studies in context
• INC3701 - Inclusive Education
• PED3701 - Psychology of Education
• TMS3703 - Teaching Arts and Culture in the Senior Phase
• TMS3735 - Teaching Music in Further Education and Training (FET)
• 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 vir beginners (Afrikaans for Beginners)
  • Recommendation: Students have successfully completed level 4, i.e., National Senior Certificate. Students have adequate competency in English to be able to use it as the language of instruction for the module. Students have the ability to learn from oral, written, and recorded material in Afrikaans. Students have access to the internet and a computer.
• 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

Registration

• Applicants (new applicants & Unisa students who applied for admission to a new qualification) may only register if they have received an offer of placement from Unisa and have accepted the offer online.
• Re-registering students may register for the 2026 academic year once the registration period opens.

Choosing Modules

Each Unisa qualification is structured in such a way that you need to pass a certain number of NQF level credits within a certain amount of time in order to graduate.

• Co-requisite: Module A is a co-requisite for Module B. You want to register for Module B, but have not yet passed Module A. You must then register for both Modules A and B simultaneously. You may NOT cancel your registration for Module A unless Module B is also cancelled.
• Pre-requisite: If Module A is a pre-requisite for Module B, you must pass Module A before you may register for Module B.
• You may not register for more than the allowed maximum number of credits/modules per academic year and/or semester: 60 credits per semester or 120 credits per academic year.
• The maximum number of credits does not include supplementary and/or aegrotat examinations from a previous semester. Modules taken for non-degree
  on-diploma purposes also count towards the maximum number of credits allowed.
• You must take your available time into consideration when choosing your modules, as this will impact your academic performance. You need approximately:
  • 6 to 8 hours per week for semester modules.
  • 4 to 6 hours per week for year modules.