Legal Qualification Status
SAQA ID: 97542 Credits 131
NQF Level4
ECD Traning
All courses can be done via contact sessions or online with flexible timetables
Purpose:
The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to operate as an Early Childhood Development Practitioner. An Early Childhood Development Practitioner plans and prepares early childhood activities, facilitates and mediates learning, observes and assesses the progress of children, and reflects on learning in an inclusive, play-based environment to support the holistic development of children (from conception – school going) in different centre-based or non-centre based settings.
Rational
The Occupational Certificate: Early Childhood Development has been designed to meet the needs and interests of the early childhood development sector in a variety of settings and contexts with an inclusive focus on education, health and safety issues, amongst others. There is a vast need for early childhood development services and it is critical that the field must be served by competent practitioners.
In order to meet the needs at early childhood development level, it is important to be able to identify and recognise competent early childhood development practitioners who are able to work in centre-based and non-centre-based early childhood development settings. This qualification will provide a means to give recognition to practitioners at an entry level, thus making it possible for practitioners to increase their employment prospects within the Department of Basic Education.
The Department of Social Development, through the registration of early childhood development centres and/or sites, may also provide business opportunities to successful practitioners who may wish to establish early childhood centres and/or sites. It will also provide access to a recognised career path and at the same time provide the field with suitably qualified professional practitioners.
Every child has the right to high-quality, holistic education and care which forms the critical foundation for further development and learning from childhood into adulthood. This necessitates the universal availability of high-quality early childhood development and education as a vital strategy to yield personal and long-term benefits to individual children, their families and the society at large. Early childhood development is an essential component of economic development within the framework of child care services. Changing social and economic needs require parents to enter the labour market. Therefore, quality early childhood development service provision is required to meet growing demands in the country, both in urban and rural settings.
The qualification will provide opportunities to people who wish to enter and/or continue learning in the early childhood development field.
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Minimum Entry Requirement
Certified copy of Grade 12 or any equivalent L3 certificate
Duration
One year for ECD
Total number of credits for Knowledge Modules: 43
Curriculum
This qualification is made up of compulsory Knowledge, Practical Skills and Work Experience Modules:
| COMPONENTS | ID | MODULE TITLE | NQF LEVEL | CREDITS |
| Knowledge | 234201000-KM-01 | Introduction to the early childhood development (Duration: 2 weeks of training) |
4 | 4 |
| Knowledge | 234201000-KM-02 | Theories and Perspectives of Child Developmen (Duration: 3 weeks of training) |
5 | 6 |
| Knowledge | 234201000-KM-03 | Planning and Programme Development in early childhood settings. (Duration: 4 weeks of training) |
4 | 8 |
| Knowledge | 234201000-KM-04 | Facilitation and mediation of active learning. (Duration: 6 weeks of training) |
5 | 12 |
| Knowledge | 234201000-KM-05 | Observation and assessment in early childhood development. (Duration: 2 weeks of training) |
4 | 4 |
| Knowledge | 234201000-KM-06 | Promotion of health, safety and well-being of children. (Duration: 3 weeks of training) |
4 | 6 |
| Knowledge | 234201000-KM-07 | Administration for early childhood development services and programmes. (Duration: 2 weeks of training) |
3 | 3 |
Total number of credits for Knowledge Modules: 43
Total number of credits for Knowledge Modules: 40
Curriculum
This qualification is made up of compulsory Knowledge, Practical Skills and Work Experience Modules:
| COMPONENTS | ID | MODULE TITLE | NQF LEVEL | CREDITS |
| Practical Skills | 234201000-PM-01 |
Plan and prepare inclusive educational activities and routines using an approved programme based on the curriculum framework |
4 | 12 |
| Practical Skills | 234201000-PM-02 |
Facilitate and mediate active learning in an integrated and holistic learning programme. |
5 | 9 |
| Practical Skills | 234201000-PM-03 | Observe, assess, record and report each child’s progress according to the age and stage. | 4 | 4 |
| Practical Skills | 234201000-PM-04 | Support and promote the health, nutrition, safety, protection and well-being of children. | 4 | 12 |
| Practical Sjills | 234201000-PM-05 | Build and maintain collaborative relationships with parents and other service providers. | 4 | 3 |
Total number of credits for Practical Skill Modules: 40
Total number of credits for Knowledge Modules: 35
Curriculum
This qualification is made up of compulsory Knowledge, Practical Skills and Work Experience Modules:
| Work Experience | 234201000-WM-01 | Learning programme and routines planning and preparation process | 4 | 13 |
| Work Experience | 234201000-WM-02 | Processes of facilitating and mediating the learning programme in a variety of contexts | 4 | 15 |
| Work Experience | 234201000-WM-03 | Processes of observation, assessment, recording and reporting on children’s learning and development | 4 | 7 |
| Work Experience | 234201000-WM-04 | Processes and procedures of promoting the health, nutrition, safety, protection and well-being of children in an early childhood |
Total number of credits for Work Experience Modules: 35
| Fee Structure 2023 - 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Application fee (Per Year) | R500 (Non-Refundable) |
| Reactivation fee | R300 (Non-refundable) Note: The student will need to pay a reactivation fee; If the student is inactive for more than 6 months or does not register for any module for more than 6 months period. |
| Course fee |
Full Package (Modules & Material) - R17070.00 ECD Learning Material - R1230.00 KM01: 234201000-KM-01 - R990.00 KM02: 234201000-KM-02 - R990.00 KM03: 234201000-KM-03 - R990.00 KM04: 234201000-KM-04 - R990.00 KM05: 234201000-KM-05 - R990.00 KM06: 234201000-KM-06 - R990.00 KM07: 234201000-KM-07 - R990.00 PM01: 234201000-PM-01 - R990.00 PM02: 234201000-PM-02 - R990.00 PM03: 234201000-PM-03 - R990.00 PM04: 234201000-PM-04 - R990.00 PM05: 234201000-PM-05 - R990.00 WM01: 234201000-WM-01 - R990.00 WM02: 234201000-WM-02 - R990.00 WM03: 234201000-WM-03 - R990.00 WM04: 234201000-WM-04 - R990.00 |
| Final exam (EISA) fee | To be confirmed by QCTO |
| Total | R18,370 (Includes, first time application fee, course fee and online study material) |
The Entry Requirements
- Certified copy of ID / Passport
- Certified copy of Grade 12 or any equivalent L3 certificate
- Signed PoPI agreement
- Online completed Application
Note: Make sure to pay R 500 application fee with the online application, use your full name as a reference.
Note: The application fee (R500) is not part of the module registration. Once a student is accepted in the programme / qualification, the next step will be to pay per Module fee as signed in the payment plan with the main application. The relevant details will be communicated by the admission department after an applicant is accepted in the relevant programme / qualification.
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