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Are you passionate about looking after and teaching children? Light up your life and the lives of others with a New Zealand Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 5). Through NZSE’s ECE diploma programme, you’ll further your ECE teaching career by becoming a skilled and sought-after educator. From here, you can choose to work in ECE or progress to a bachelor’s degree to gain ECE teacher registration.
This highly accessible, engaging and creative online programme will give you the required skills and knowledge to become a competent Early Childhood Kaiako who can work within a range of early childhood contexts providing support and education to infants, toddlers and young children and enhance community outcomes.
February 2027
June 2027
Students enrolling are required to have achieved a minimum of 48 NCEA credits at level 2 or higher, along with the literacy and numeracy credits required for University Entrance or;Hold a recognised qualification of at least 120 credits at level 3 or above or; Have relevant experience deemed to be sufficient for entry into the programme. A compulsory criminal record check Two referees (not family or friends) An interview and a short statement of intent on why the learner wishes to pursue an Early Childhood Education qualification Work placement can be undertaken in a licensed home-based service, an ECE Centre, a kindergarten, or a language nest.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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