Preamble
Regulations for the Bachelor of Education Degree in Early Childhood Development (ECD) shall apply subject to provisions for both the University and Faculty General Academic Regulations.  General Faculty Regulations shall normally take precedence over specific degree special regulations where both are read together.

Aims
To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge, skills, attitudes and values in   handling ECD children from diverse contexts and needs.

Objectives
By the end of the programme, students should be able to:

• Care for children aged 0-8 years in different contexts.
• Understand the processes of child development from conception through to 8 years.
• Apply psychological, sociological and philosophical knowledge and skills to practice.
• Appropriately contextualise different curriculum models into appropriate contexts.
• Apply gender equity principles in dealing with children aged 0-8 years.
• Carryout basic and applied research in different settings.

Admissions
Entry requirements

• A minimum of 2 A’  level subjects for subjects below 25 years of age
• 5 O’ Levelsubjects including English and Mathematics for students aged 25 years and above.
• 4 O’ Levelsubjects for students aged 40 years and above since they have Acquired Prior Learning (APL)
• Diploma in Education holders will be exempted from Professional Studies and one year Teaching Practice (T.P.).

Duration of Programme
The Bachelor of Education Degree in Early Childhood Development (Pre-Service)shall take four years full time to complete.  It shall be offered on a semesterised basis.

Programme Structure
All B. Ed. in Early Childhood Developments(Pre-Service)students are expected to do a minimum total of twenty eight courses.  To meet these requirements, students undertake twenty-eight courses and a project on an approved ECD problem (a project is worth two courses).

• In the first year, students shall undertake ten courses on offer.  For a student to proceed to second year, he/she should have a GPA of 2 and above.
• In the second year, students shall undertake ten courses.
• In the third year, students shall go on Attachment for a minimum of eight months.
• In the fourth year, students shall undertake at least eight courses.  In addition, students normally do a project (which is equivalent to two courses), except in extreme cases where the Faculty approves that the student does 2 additional courses instead of a project.
• In order to proceed to register for the project, a student must have passed qualitative and quantitative research methods in the second year.
• All in all, a student shall normally require at least twenty-eight courses, at least eight months of work related attachment and a project (equivalent to two courses).

Assessment of the Students:
Each course shall be assessed based on course work and a final examination.

The weighting shall be as follows:
Coursework                30%
Examination                70%

Career opportunities
Graduates of this programme will work in different child care settings:

• Primary schools
• Children’s ECD centres
• Children’s Hospitals
• Prisons
• Uniformed forces Institutions
• Civil society organisations
• Faith based organisations
• Non-Governmental Organisations