IIE Higher Certificate in Early Childhood Care and Education

Overview

​If you have a passion for developing young minds, IIE Rosebank College has a Higher Certificate in Education for you. The IIE Higher Certificate in Early Childhood Care and Education will prepare you to start a career in teaching and facilitation in Early Childhood Education (birth to 4 years). If Early Childhood Development (ECD) interests you, then this education course is for you.  

• Braamfontein
• Cape Town
• Durban
• Pretoria CBD

Skills You Will Develop

Students of this qualification will gain the knowledge, skills, and applied competencies identified by education experts as critical for employees to enter the world of work as early childhood education caretakers.

Possible Careers

• Nursery School Teacher
• ECD/Preschool Teacher Aide
• Au Pair
• ECD/Preschool Aftercare Teacher
• ECD/Preschool Intern
• ECD/Preschool Manager

Requirements

Minimum Admission Requirements

Notes

Student's proficiency in The IIE's Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT), English, plus partial proficiency (sufficient for basic conversation, i.e. conversational competence) in one other South African official language (excluding Afrikaans) are required components of fundamental learning for this programme. For this, the following will be endorsed on your certificate:
LoLT:
•    This higher certificate is delivered in English and thus English is known as the Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT).
•    On successful completion of this Higher Certificate in Early Childhood Care and Education (HC in ECCE), your certificate will be endorsed with LoLT (English).

LoCC:
•    If you have an African Language (excluding Afrikaans) as part of your NSC or equivalent, you may receive academic credit for this language.
•    If you are claiming conversational competence in an African Language (excluding Afrikaans), you are required to pass a competency test on NQF Level 5 in order to demonstrate conversational competence in such a language and receive academic credit for this language. 
•    Competency tests are offered in four (4) official languages only, namely, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sepedi and Setswana on The IIE campuses.
•    If conversational competence is claimed in another African language (excluding Afrikaans) other than the four listed above, the onus is on you to provide evidence of NQF Level 5, or higher conversational competence in that language.
•    Once you have demonstrated conversational competence in an African language, and on successful completion of the HC in ECCE, your certificate will be endorsed, for example LoCC: isiZulu.

Note: Languages offered are campus dependent.

Senate Discretionary Admissions

Mature Age Exemption

Candidates must have attempted the Senior Certificate or equivalent, attained the age of 23 before or during the first year of registration with three years’ work experience and proven ability relating to the proposed programme as well as adequate communication skills; OR Candidates must have attained the age of 45 before or during the first year of registration.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

Where candidates do not satisfy the formal admission requirements for this qualification, The IIE may consider an admission application in terms of the Credit Accumulation and Transfer, Recognition of Prior Learning and Qualification Completion Policy (IIE010).

General Education Development (GED) - An USA qualification developed by the American Council on Education (ACE).

Candidates with a GED qualification may be admitted if they have a SAQA Evaluation Certificate with NSC L4 equivalence, a minimum score of 165 out of 200 for Reasoning through Language Arts and a minimum of 145 out of 200 for each of the other GED subjects (Mathematical Reasoning, Social Studies and Science).

OQSF Qualifications

Candidates with an OQSF Level 4 120-credit cognate qualification may admitted once access and approved by the relevant Head of Faculty.

IEB International Secondary Certificate

Candidates must have achieved Higher Certificate pass and meet the additional admission criteria (where applicable).
The OoR will apply to USAf for Exemption based on Senate Discretion.

Course Outline

On Campus

This is a one-year full-time qualification offered by The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE) at IIE Rosebank College. Face-to-face lectures take place during the day on weekdays at the following campuses: Braamfontein, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria CBD.

Online

This IIE qualification is available through IIE Distance Learning for individuals wanting to study and work. You can receive Online support from IIE Rosebank College. Speak to one of our student advisors for more information.  

Modules

• Digital and Academic Literacy
• Health, Safety and Nutrition
• Early Childhood Learning and Dev
• Management, Development and Professionalism in ECD
• Communicative Languages (Various)
• Facilitating and Managing Literacy Programme
• Facilitating and Managing Numeracy Programme
• Facilitating and Managing Life Skills Programme
• ECD Experience

Important Information

• To be awarded this qualification, a minimum final year mark of 50% for each module must be achieved.

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All our IIE Rosebank College registered students get free software. The software includes and is not limited to MS Excel, MS Project, MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Outlook, which come with Office 365 bundle. Students can  access the software online using their RCCONNECT email addresses on office 365 or visit the campus IT Department to get FTP access to download the software.

DEVICE REQUIREMENTS 
To get the best out of the blended learning experience, you will need the following minimum requirements: a computer or laptop with WI-FI, Windows 10 or higher, Intel Pentium 4 Processor or Higher, 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor or a System on a Chip (SoC), 1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit (Or Higher) for your RAM, 16 GB for 32-bit OS 32 GB for 64-bit OS (or Higher) Hard Drive space, DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver for your Graphics card, and a Screen Resolution of a minimum 1280 x 800

NB: this information was accurate at the time of publication. The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE) reserves the right to alter any of the content prior to commencement of registration due to changes in regulation, policy, market requirements or any other valid reason.

Accreditation

​The IIE Higher Certificate in Early Childhood Care and Education is accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and is registered by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) as a 133-credit qualification on Level 5 (SAQA ID No: 104532). On successful completion, you will receive a Higher Certificate in Early Childhood Care and Training from The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE), a leading registered private provider of higher education in South Africa.

International Students

International students will be considered for this qualification ONLY if they completed Grade 12 in South Africa. These students will automatically be referred to the Faculty of Education on campus for consideration.

Pathways

The Independent Institute of Education (THE IIE) offers you the opportunity to start with a higher certificate and progress into a diploma or degree.  There are several pathways offered by The IIE at IIE Rosebank College, that enable access to higher-level qualifications.  Speak to the student advisor for more information.