Senior Primary Education

 

DIPLOMA IN SENIOR PRIMARY EDUCATION LEVEL 6 

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME/DISTANCE

DURATION: 3 YEARS

CREDITS: 334

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN SENIOR PRIMARY EDUCATION LEVEL 7

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME/DISTANCE

DURATION: 3 YEARS

CREDITS: 400

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN SENIOR PRIMARY EDUCATION (HONOURS) LEVEL 8 

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME/DISTANCE

DURATION: 1 YEAR

CREDITS: 140

 

Programme Description

The Diploma in Senior Primary Education is an initial teaching qualification for candidates to be registered as fully qualified professional educators in schooling. The qualification accredits the development of professional competence informed by sound knowledge and understanding of their area/s of specialization and of educational theory. This qualification is aimed at producing teachers ready to enter the primary education teaching profession in Namibia schools. Educators who have been teaching without qualifications also have the opportunity to complete a formal specialization in their Senior Primary Education qualification. This enables them to obtain a deeper and broader level knowledge and understanding of the content they teach and the teaching profession. The Diploma in Senior Primary Education is a three-year level 6 programme which prepares students to teach Grades four to seven at primary level. Students are required to take core modules in Education, as well as in two majors, a minor and one additional elective.

 

Qualification Requirements

This qualification will be awarded to people credited with a minimum of 334 credits and who have met the requirements of all compulsory sections.

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Who should apply?

    • School leavers who have sat for the Grade 11 NSSCO examinations or the equivalent thereof, who are looking to pursue a career in teaching but do not meet the minimum requirements to enter at a degree level. Students who have completed a Level 3 qualification. Individuals already employed in the field of education but without formal qualifications.

Programme Description

This qualification is aimed at producing teachers ready to enter the primary education teaching profession in Namibia schools. Educators who have been teaching without qualifications also have the opportunity to complete a formal specialization in their Primary Education qualification. This enables them to obtain a deeper and broader level knowledge and understanding of the content they teach and the teaching profession. The B. Ed (Senior Primary) is a three-year level 7 degree programme. It prepares learners to teach from Grades four to seven. Learners are required to take core modules in Education, as well as in two majors, a minor and one additional elective.

 

Qualification Requirements

This qualification will be awarded to people credited with a minimum of 400 credits and who have met the requirements of all compulsory sections.

 

Who should apply?

  • School leavers who have obtained a minimum of 25 points in the NSSCO examinations or the equivalent thereof and who wish to pursue a career in education. Students who have completed a Level 6 qualification in the same field. 
  • Individuals already employed in the field of education but without formal qualifications.

Programme Description

The Bachelor of Education Honours qualification in Senior Primary will prepare students for research-based postgraduate studies in a field of education as per chosen specialisation. It serves to reinforce, expand and strengthen the student's expertise of the field in that specialisation, and to develop appropriate research capacity for that field. Moreover, this entry-level postgraduate qualification aims to capacitate the students to continue on the educational planning, research and/or policy development pathway in that field of education. The BEd (Hons) will provide professional educators and leaders at a post-graduate level with a clear understanding of theories and theoretical frameworks, which underwrite education systems. This qualification will deepen the expertise of educators; broaden the leadership base in the field of education, training and development.

 

Qualification Requirements

This qualification will be awarded to people credited with a minimum of 140 credits and who have met the requirements of all compulsory sections.

 

Who should apply?

  • Entry requirement to the Bachelor of Education in Senior Primary Education level 8 shall be a Bachelor of Education in Senior Primary Education Level 7 or in a related field at Level 7 from any recognized institution.
 
 

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