- First such full-time diploma course offered by a polytechnic in Singapore, since 1999
- Full accreditation by MCYS and MOE - a unique diploma with both teaching and leadership components
- Field practicum at childcare centres and kindergartens right from the first year
- Be part of a network of over 1000 alumni, including preschool teachers and principals
- Advanced standing to complete a four-year degree in two years with Wheelock College (Singapore) at highly subsidised tuition fees
INSPIRE Children
About the Diploma
Think you have what it takes to shape and guide future generations? Then our Diploma in Early Childhood Education (ECH) is for you. The first such full-time diploma in Singapore, ECH has been established for over a decade, with an experienced teaching faculty.
The programme is accredited by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS), and the Ministry of Education (MOE) as a professional qualification for early childhood educators and principals/supervisors of early childhood settings. The diploma is co-delivered with the SEED Institute which also runs The Caterpillar’s Cove, a child development centre set up by Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Learn about play in the early years, curriculum design and assessment, and child health and nutrition. You will also gain an awareness of the cognitive and physical development of young children. Along with teaching skills, the course equips you with the necessary management and leadership skills to run and manage an early childhood education programme.
Right from your first year, you will be placed on weekly attachments to childcare centres and kindergartens to work with young children alongside experienced teachers.
In your final year, you can look forward to the challenge of completing a classroom-based Action Research Project to improve a curriculum or the classroom environment.
Scholarships
A number of scholarships will be awarded to Ngee Ann students taking programmes in early childhood education. The scholarships, which will cover full tuition fees, text books and laptop allowances, will be awarded to students with good 'O' Level results and CCA.