The certificate programs offered by the Unit for Training and Development and the Unit for Community Development provide specific, practically oriented non-degree training that might grant a candidate university admission. These courses cover a wide range of subjects including reception-year teaching, student development, environmental education, and career guidance, parent involvement, counseling, mediation and divorce mediation. We have more to offer than just undergraduate study. Once students have obtained a degree in the Faculty, they may register for a BEd degree or a postgraduate diploma. If a teacher has an M+3 qualification she/he may register for a Further Diploma in Education (FDE). After passing a BEd degree or Diploma in Tertiary Education, students may register for a master’s degree for which they have to submit a dissertation. On completing the master’s degree, the next step is a doctoral thesis, which represents the highest rung of the academic ladder. The Institute for Educational Research can support students with their master’s and doctoral studies. The Faculty of Education has highly qualified staff members from various cultural backgrounds who each bring a unique perspective to the teacher training programs that are aimed at various South African educational situations. Our lecturers are skilled in the various fields of professional training as educationalists and teachers and constantly undergo further training through staff development programs.

Special Education Needs (Mainstream) (with endorsements in the education in respect of the deaf, visual disability, physical disability, intellectual disability, learning difficulties, behavior problems), Technology Education (General Education and Training Band)