Educare N4-N6

What you should know about Educare N4-N6

Educare equips you, the student, with theoretical knowledge and practical skills to work with children up to 5 years old and start your own crèche. You will be trained as an Educarer who can educate the young child with love – who guides the infant, toddler and pre-scholar through all his phases to develop into a well-balanced individual ready for the demands of society. You will learn to identify signs and symptoms of child illnesses, learn the methodology of planning and presenting lessons, how to make equipment for class, how to deal with staffing issues, how to organize budgets. Each N-Level in Educare N4-N6 takes a minimum of 6 months (Semester) to complete. A student in the possession of Grade12 or equivalent is admitted into N4. One can proceed to the next level only when the previous level has been successfully completed with minimum of 4 subjects. On successful completion of each level the candidate will be issued with a National Certificate by The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), Quality assured by The Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO). It is recommended that students enrolling on the National N4 Certificate programme complete the N5 and N6 as well as the 18-month or 2000 hours of suitable workplace experiential training in order to qualify for the National Diploma. 

The NATED Business/General Studies N4-N6 qualification is designed to provide the theoretical component in order for you to attain a National Diploma in Educare. The practical component comprises of a minimum of 18 months (2000 national working hours) relevant work experience.

The Department of Higher Education will issue you with a National Certificate once you have passed each level with a minimum of 4 subjects eg. N4, N5, N6.

Minimum Admission Requirements

Grade 11 or 12 or equivalent qualification

NOTE: Proceed to next level only when the previous level has been successfully completed i.e. N4 for N5, N5 for N6.

Minimum Duration

6 Months (Semester)

What subjects will I be taking?

· Day Care Personnel Development

· Educare Didactics: Theory and Practical

· Education

· Child Health

· Entrepreneurship and Business Management

· Day Care Communication
· Educational Psychology

· Day Care Management

Career Opportunities
· Au Pair

· Day-mother

· Educare practitioner

· Play group practitioner

· Manage an ECD site

· Starting and managing you own ECD site /Entrepreneur

Personality Traits

The ideal Educarer is a person who, beside her love for children, has an impeccable character, high moral values and a sense of responsibility in order always to set a good example.