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Higher Nitec in Early Childhood Education
 

If you enjoy working and playing with young children, then this is the course for you.
You will learn to assist children in daily activities, manage their safety, health and nutrition, and conduct classes too!

Acquire knowledge and skills gained which are highly relevant to the industry

  • Handle oral and written communication.
  • Prepare documents using application software.
  • Provide customer service.
  • Plan programmes.
  • Conduct class.
  • Assist children in daily activities.
  • Manage safety, health and nutrition of children.
  • Handle administrative work.
  • Pursue personal growth and professional development

Gain valuable first-hand experience

  • Opportunity for real-work exposure through an industry attachment


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Entry Requirements

To apply for the Higher Nitec in Early Childhood Education course, you need to have:

Subject
Grade
GCE 'O' level grades in English Language and 2 other subjects
  • Grade 1 - 4 in English Language
  • Grade 1 - 6 in two other subjects.

(To be eligible for selection, applicant must also have sat for Mathematics)

Note: Applicants applying for this courses must pass a pre-admission interview.

Duration and Venue

This is a two-year course and is available at :

Progression Opportunities

Higher Nitec in Early Childhood Education with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 and above may apply for progression to the first year of a related diploma course at the Polytechnics. For more details on diploma courses for progression, please refer to the Joint Polytechnic Admissions website.

Career Prospects

Higher Nitec in Early Childhood Education graduates are employed by childcare centres and kindergartens.

Some of the job titles held by graduates may include:

  • Assistant Childcare Teacher
  • Assistant Kindergarten Teacher
  • Assistant Preschool Teacher

There are excellent opportunities for career advancement to supervisory positions and beyond. The challenge is for students to prepare themselves by upgrading their technical skills and knowledge through higher-level courses.

Course Structure

To obtain the Higher Nitec in Early Childhood Education, you need to accumulate at least 71 credits.

Core Modules
53
Life Skills Modules
10
Elective Modules
8
Total
71


Core Modules (Click on title to view module description)

Credits

7

5

Early Child Development

6

Principles and Practices in Preschool Education

6

5
5

7

5
7

Life Skills Modules

Credits

8
Sports and Wellness I

1
Sports and Wellness II

1

Electives

Course Specific

Credits
2

4
Inter-disciplinary Credits
4
4
4
4

General

Credits
Business Mandarin

3
Overseas Experiential Programme
 2 or 3

Note: The offer of electives is subject to the training schedule of respective ITE Colleges. Students are advised to check with their Class Advisors on the availability of the elective modules they intend to pursue.
For more information

For general queries on the course, please email training@ite.edu.sg.

Last updated on 17 Feb 2010