This article contains information on Varsity College, VC Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Admission and Application Forms: 2024/2025 and how to Apply. It also contains the Varsity College, VC Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Application form download link as well as its online application form where necessary.
This article contains information on the Varsity College, VC Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Application form and Requirements for admission into Postgraduate programmes for the 2025 academic year.
Applications to study for Postgraduate Certificate in Education in 2024 are now open for both internal and external applications. INTERNAL APPLICANTS are students currently registered at VC for the 2025 academic year. EXTERNAL APPLICANTS refer to any graduate who meet requirements for the qualification.
The IIE’s Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase (SP) and Further Education and Training (FET) (Contact Part-time) is a professional teaching programme that seeks to ‘cap’ a suitable undergraduate degree or an approved diploma in appropriate and scare fields. The programme offers entry-level initial professional preparation for undergraduate degree or diploma holders 1who wish to develop focused knowledge and skills as classroom teachers in the Senior Phase and Further Education and Training band in their chosen subject(s).
VARSITY COLLEGE, VC PGCE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
| Programme Name | Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching (PGCE415) NQF: 7 Credits: 127 SAQA ID: 101984 |
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| Minimum Admission Requirements | |
| An approved Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification, as stipulated in the Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications (MRTEQ) (DHET, 2015), but consideration may be given to holders of a 360 credit Diploma in appropriate and scarce fields as identified by DHET. The access qualification must include sufficient disciplinary learning in appropriate academic fields, as outlined in the tables below, to enable the development of teaching specialisation in the Senior Phase and Further Education and Training band of schooling. |
Student’s competence in the Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT) (English) plus ICT and a second language (excluding Afrikaans) are required components of fundamental learning for this programme. For this, applicants will have to provide evidence that they have these competencies which will be endorsed on their certificates or they will be required to achieve these competencies. Students will not be able to graduate without them.LoLT: 1. Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT) endorsement: 1.1. If the LoLT of your undergraduate degree was English OR You will have your certificate endorsed as “Proficient in the 1.3. Complete a NQF L5 degree level module in English at The |
| Note: For full entry requirement please download factsheet | |
Who is the PGCE aimed at?
The IIEs Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training (Contact Part-time) programme is aimed at graduates who wish to work in schools, teaching at the Senior Phase (Grade 7-9) and Further Education and Training band (Grade 10- 12) levels
VARSITY COLLEGE, VC PGCE ADMISSION GUIDELINES AND FORMS
Applications for study at the Varsity College, VC in 2024/2025 are fully online.
Varsity College, VC PGCE Application Procedures
- Step 1: Read through the admission requirements and selection criteria of the programme as outlined in the PGCE information accompanying this communique. It is imperative that you pay careful attention to specialisation (or teaching) subject specific requirements.
- Step 2: If satisfied that you meet the general admission requirements and specific specialisation (or teaching) subjects requirements, then complete the electronic PGCE application form.
- Step 3: Prepare an electronic copy of your academic record as well as documents to upload.
- Step 4: click here for more information on how to apply.
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