• A unique diploma focusing on child psychology and early education with value-adding specialisations
  
  
• Specialise in Early Intervention (Special Needs) or Writing & Publishing for Children
  
  
• Field practice at KKH Child Development Unit, Rainbow Centre, preschools and publishing companies
  
  
• Additional certification by KKH Child Development Unit to be a Learning Support Educator
  
  
• Advanced standing to complete a four-year degree in two years at Wheelock College (Singapore) at highly subsidised tuition fees

About the Diploma

Interested in the psychology of young children? Want to help children with special needs? Or do you have a passion for creating children’s publications? If so, the Diploma in Child Psychology & Early Education (CPEE) is the course for you.

You will be equipped with a firm foundation in the developmental psychology of young children. You will also gain a strong understanding of teaching techniques and how to design a preschool curriculum.

In your final year, you can specialise in either Early Intervention (Special Needs) or Writing and Publishing for Children. The specialisation in Early Intervention prepares you to teach in an inclusive classroom, where special needs children are integrated with other children. The specialisation in Writing and Publishing helps you understand early literacy. You can go beyond the classroom to work in children's TV programme production companies, publishing houses and libraries.

CPEE is accredited by the Pre-school Qualifications Accreditation Committee (PQAC).

Career Prospects 

You will be able to pursue a career as an early childhood educator with enhanced skills to help children with special needs. You can also work as a writer for children’s literature or as an executive in family and children services.

Graduates of Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Diploma in Early Childhood Education (ECH) and Diploma in Child Psychology and Early Education (CPEE) are eligible for advanced standing with Wheelock College Centre for International Education, Leadership, and Innovation to complete a 4-year degree programme in 2 years. This advanced standing is given only to graduates of Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Diplomas in ECH and CPEE. You will complete the Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Educational Studies and Leadership in two years, including a five-week immersion programme in Boston. The degree is internationally accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Singapore citizens need to pay only a tuition fee of $6,800 per year. Various scholarships are available for students in this degree programme.

The Wheelock degree programme in Ngee Ann Polytechnic is Singapore’s first Foreign Specialised Institution (FSI) degree subsidised by MOE. For more information, please visit www.wheelock.edu/sing-np.

You can also receive up to one semester's exemption for relevant degree programmes at Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore.

You may also enjoy exemptions for the following programmes:
    • Queensland University of Technology, Australia - Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies/ Bachelor of Education
    • Macquarie University, Australia - Bachelor of Early Childhood
    • University of South Australia, Australia - Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
    • James Cook University Singapore - Bachelor of Business/ Bachelor of Psychology/ Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)/ Bachelor of Information Technology

CPEE graduates may gain direct entry into Flinders University, Australia in partnership with Social Service Training Institute (SSTI) - Bachelor of Education (Special Education)

For more information, please visit http://www.np.edu.sg/hms/further/Pages/further_cpee.aspx

Ngee Ann Polytechnic
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