Education

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

Study the Postgraduate Certificate in Education and qualify to teach in South Africa’s Senior Phase and Further Education and Training bands.

This PGCE gives you the academic and professional grounding you need to plan lessons, manage classrooms and teach your chosen subjects with confidence. It prepares you to support learners from Grade 7 to Grade 12.

When you study with Boston, you gain the practical teaching insight required for real classroom environments. You learn how to guide learning, apply effective methods and meet curriculum and assessment expectations.

This qualification supports your SACE registration and gives you a clear path into a meaningful teaching career.

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

Time to Complete

1 Year (min) - 3 Years (max)

Study Options

Full-time, Part-time or Flexi-time - via online learning (ODeL)

Credits

132

NQF Level

7

SAQA ID

122741

Field of Study

Education

Further Study Options

Postgraduate Diploma in Education or a Bachelor of Education Honours degree
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Entry Requirements

Minimum Qualification: A relevant Bachelor’s Degree as per the Policy on Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications (MRTEQ, 2015).

Consideration may be given to graduates of DHET approved 360-credit Diplomas.

The underpinning degree or diploma must include sufficient study in relevant academic fields and at appropriate levels (NQF levels 6 and 7) to support the subject specialisation selections in the PGCE (SP and FET Teaching).

See the Fact Sheet for detailed entry requirements.

This programme is offered by Boston City Campus in the distance mode of education with support provided at Learner Support Centres. Apply to register at any Boston City Campus Learner Support Centre nationwide.

All modules are compulsory and must be passed

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  • Information Communication Technology Fundamentals
  • Foundations of Education
  • Diversity and Inclusive Education in South Africa
  • Professional Ethics in Teaching
  • Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching
  • Teaching Practice

Second Language Communicative Fundamentals (LoCC) Module

  • isiZulu, or
  • isiXhosa

For applicants who have an African language (excluding Afrikaans) or SA Sign Language as part of their National Senior Certificate (NSC) or National Certificate (Vocational) (L(4)) (NC(V)) or Senior Certificate (SC) OR have completed a module in an African language (excluding Afrikaans) or SA Sign Language in their Bachelor’s degree will be exempted from the LoCC module.

*Note: SP and FET specialisation choices must fall in the same specialisation area, e.g., Economic and Management Sciences for SP and Business Studies for FET.

Senior Phase Subject Didactics Module:

  • Social Sciences, or
  • Economic and Management Sciences, or
  • Mathematics, or
  • Life Orientation, or
  • Technology

Further Education and Training Subject Didactics Module:

  • History, or
  • Geography, or
  • Hospitality Studies, or
  • Tourism or
  • Accounting, or
  • Business Studies, or
  • Economics, or
  • Mathematics, or
  • Life Orientation, or
  • Computer Applications Technology, or
  • Information Technology

Please visit the comprehensive Fact Sheet for assessment information.

On completion of the programme, graduates will have the necessary knowledge and practical skills required to:

  • Demonstrate an integrated disciplinary, curricular and pedagogical knowledge underpinning effective teaching and learning that can be applied to the phase and area of specialisation.
  • Determine best-practice teaching, learning and assessment methods and strategies for the subject, context and the environment.
  • Communicate effectively both in the mediation and creation of a conducive, supportive, and inclusive learning and teaching environment, and in the context of general communication with all relevant stakeholders.
  • Demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of diverse and varied learning and teaching environments.
  • Reflect on practice, values and behaviours to build professional excellence and enhance teaching practice.

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