Educare (pre-primary) N Diploma

Course details

If you enjoy working with children and shaping young minds, are passionate about children's education and psychology, and are excited about creating interesting, stimulating and fun activities for children, then look no further.

Examined and certified by the Department of Higher Education & Training, this national diploma qualification is widely recognised and recommended for anyone who is currently working in or interested in finding employment in the Educare environment working with children between the ages of 0-6 years old.

Once students have successfully achieved all three N4 - N6 certificates and have worked for 18 months or 2 000 hours in the Educare environment, they will receive the highly respected National N Diploma: Educare. They can then apply to be registered as an educator with the South African Council for Educators (SACE).

Qualification

• If you enjoy working with children and shaping young minds, are passionate about children's education and psychology, and are excited about creating interesting, stimulating and fun activities for children, then look no further.
• Qualified Educare teachers and early child development (ECD) practitioners are very much in demand in South Africa and worldwide.

Subjects per level

N4

• Education N4
• Day care personnel development N4
• Educare didactics: theory & practical N4
• Child health N4
• Management communication N4 (in preparation for N5)

N5

• Day care communication N5
• Educational psychology N5
• Educare didactics: theory & practical N5
• Entrepreneurship & business management N4

N6

• Day care communication N6
• Educational psychology N6
• Educare didactics: theory & practical N6
• Day care management N6

Subject outlines
National Certificate: N4 Educare

Education N4

• The whole-child approach
• Aspects of learning and memory
• Educational approach to children with special intellectual needs

Day care personnel development N4

• Day care systems in South Africa
• Layout of buildings and facilities
• Programme planning
• General administrative work
• Administrative structures
• Self-image development
• Human relations
• Interviews
• Planning and organising a function

Educare didactics: theory & practical N4

• Layout of the baby section (nursery) - centre and home-based
• Educational play and toys
• Written planning
• Observation of babies (birth to 18 months)

Child health N4

• Health of the young child (birth to 6 years)
• Physical aspects of the young child
• Nutrition
• Care of the young child

Management communication N4

• N5 and N6 subject outlines are available on request.