College of Education

Education qualifications for the 2020 academic year

The communication relates to the registration of students for the 2020 academic year: for the following qualifications

02593 – BEd Foundation Phase

02607 – BEd Intermediate Phase,

02615 – BEd Senior Phase and FET

The communication relates to the registration of students for the 2020 academic year:

All current existing Educational themes and professional  studies modules within the BEd curriculum will no longer be offered in 2020 and are to be replaced with new equivalent modules  - which will not be to your disadvantage.

Those BEd  students who qualify for a supplementary examination will have the opportunity to write in January 2020 and not in May/June 2020. 

How will this affect your studies and which outstanding modules would you need to register for to complete your qualification?

  • You will receive an e-mail explaining and outlining the entire process once all the October /November examination results have been released. OR
  • Should you qualify for a supplementary examination in January/February 2020 you will receive an e-mail explaining and outlining the migration process once all the January /February 2020 examination results have been released.
  • This communique will indicate which outstanding modules you would need to register for to complete your BEd qualification.
  • You will be offered the option of either completing the current BEd qualification for which you are registered, or alternatively to migrate to the new aligned BEd qualification.

We will continue to communicate updates and developments with you via your mylife email accounts. Please check your account regularly to remain informed

The College of Education will be offering the following exciting new qualification from 2020: Advanced Diploma Education in Intermediate Phase Mathematics Teaching. More information on this qualification will be made available on the Unisa website from August 2019 in preparation for applications for the 2020 academic year.

The College regrets to inform you that due to external circumstances, beyond the university’s control, the following education qualifications will not be available for new students in 2020:  

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Senior and FET Phase)
  • Honours Bachelor of Education
  • Additional Postgraduate Diploma in Education streams

The following two qualifications have been discontinued and will no longer be offered: 

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Foundation Phase)
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Intermediate Phase)

The following new and improved qualifications were introduced in 2019:

  • Higher Certificate in Education
  • BEd (Foundation Phase)
  • BEd (Intermediate Phase)
  • BEd (Senior and FET Phase)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Inclusive Education

 

Publish date: 2019-06-24 00:00:00.0