Welcome to the blog for the Unisa PGCE 2024–2025! This page contains all the most recent University of South Africa news, information, and updates for the forthcoming academic year (Unisa). We sincerely hope that this blog will be useful to you as you get ready for your studies at Unisa. We are eager to have you on campus!

Unisa’s Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)

• For applicants who have obtained a valid 360 or 480 credit Bachelor’s degree in an area other than education, the PGCE serves as a professional “limiting” qualification. The development of professional competence is acknowledged by certification, which has reflexive origins in educational philosophy. For this PGCE certificate, Unisa offers online and distant learning opportunities.

The eligibility Who can sign up?

• Applicants cannot register until they hear from Unisa that their admission application has been accepted. Unisa retains the right to refuse to process and/or revoke your application if it is discovered that you were unlawfully admitted to a qualification.

choosing your modules

• Each Unisa PGCE certificate is structured so that in order to graduate, you must finish a predetermined number of modules and NQF level credits within a predetermined period of time. To re-register and continue with your qualification, you must successfully complete a set minimum number of credits or modules each year:
• 36 NQF credits or more during your first year of study (3 modules of 12 credits each).
• In your second or subsequent years of study, at least 48 NQF credits (4 modules of 12 credits each).
• The eligibility Who can sign up? Applications for admission to the academic year 2024 will be accepted from September through December 2024.

Application fees are R185 for paper applications and R115 for those submitted online (hard copy applications are only occasionally accepted).

Registration for more credits or modules than permitted per semester is prohibited:

• 60 or more NQF credits during a semester (5 modules of 12 credits each).
• Annual modules must have a minimum of 120 NQF credits (10 modules of 12 credits each).

Studying to earn this qualification

Group A of Mandatory Educational Themes: Choose any 4 modules

• EDAHOD5 – The Educator as Assessor
• EDDHODJ – The Educator as Learning Programme Developer
• EDLHODM – The Educator as Leader, Manager, and Administrator
• EDMHODR – The Educator as Mediator of Learning
• EDPHOD8 – The Educator in a Pastoral Role
• EDT1601 – Child Development

Group B. Compulsory Professional Studies.

• PFC101Q – Professional Studies Theme A: Social Sciences and Environmental Education
• PFC102R – Professional Studies Theme B: Teaching Mathematics and Natural Sciences
• PFC103S – Professional Studies Theme C: Technology Education, Economic Literacy and Entrepreneurship
• PFC104T – Teaching Practice (Including Oral Communication) Co-requisite:PFC101Q, PFC102R & PFC103S

Group C. Choose any 2 modules

• ETH302S – Inclusive Education A
• ETH305V – Multicultural Education (Educational Themes 305)
• EUP1501 – Ethical Information and Communication Technologies for Development Solutions
• HEC101V – Health Education
• PST131J – Language Teaching
• PST210G – Arts and Culture
  PST312M – Physical Education and Sports Coaching