PGCET

Post Graduate Certificate in
Education and Training PGCET

Through research, evaluation, and role play, participants will become innovative, reflective educators, ready to teach in the 21st century.

Course Information
Course Fees
Admission Criteria
Course Intake
Graduation Requirements

The Postgraduate Certificate enhances educators’ knowledge and skills in 21st-century teaching. It promotes understanding of teaching dynamics, and encourages strategies like visible thinking, class differentiation, and concept-based teaching.

The aims are to provide a qualification that:
Critically review learning theories to help them understand and develop their own professional practice and learners’ learning. Design lessons and materials that meet curriculum and learners’ needs. Evaluate strategies used to facilitate the learners’ learning to help them progress and achieve learning outcomes. Evaluate teaching methodologies and their effectiveness in classroom management and students’ learning. Analyze how formative assessment guides instruction and monitor the learners’ progress; Evaluate their own professional practice, classroom management, lesson delivery and their impact on learners and their learning.

The aims are to provide a qualification that:

Critically review learning theories to help them understand and develop their own professional practice and learners’ learning.
Design lessons and materials that meet curriculum and learners’ needs.
Evaluate strategies used to facilitate the learners’ learning to help them progress and achieve learning outcomes.
Evaluate teaching methodologies and their effectiveness in classroom management and students’ learning.
Analyze how formative assessment guides instruction and monitor the learners’ progress;
Evaluate their own professional practice, classroom management, lesson delivery and their impact on learners and their learning.

Course Modules:	PGCET101. Education in the 21st Century and Pedagogy in Education PGCET102. Classroom Management and Teaching Methodologies PGCET103. Assessment and Feedback and Educator’s Professional Development PGCET104 Practicum (Industrial Attachment)
The manner of Teaching:	Lectures , tutorials and project assignments will be conducted within Trinity International College/PPR.
Mode of Assessment:	Assignment and Presentation Group work project/ Presentation Individual Teaching Assessment of Performance in Teaching (APT) Learners’ Reflection Book
Duration:	Full-Time (Monday – Friday 3 Hours Daily) 3 Months Studies + 3 Months Industrial Attachment 3 Months Studies (Total 180 Hours), Face-to-face
Average Teacher-Student Ratio:	1:37

Post Graduate Certificate in Education and Training

3 Months Studies + 3 Months Industrial Attachment (Full-Time)

3 Months Studies : Monday – Friday 3 hours daily

Cost Fees	Amount Payable (S$)
Course Fee	$ 3,300
Admin Fee	$ 150
FPS Insurance	$ 180
Medical Insurance	$ 120
Course Material Fee	$ 250
Assessment Tests	$ 150
Course Fees Payable	$ 4,150
Add Goods and Services Tax (9% GST)	$ 373.50
Total Course Fees Payable (Inclusive of GST)	$ 4,523.50

Miscellaneous Fees (Non- Refundable)	Amount Payable (S$)
International Student Application Fee (Inclusive of GST)	$457.80
Course Application Fee for Non-Student Pass Holder (Inclusive of GST)	$65.40
Student Pass Issuance Fee $60 and Entry Visa $30 (Payable to ICA)	$90
Application Fee for Student Transferring from other schools / Student Renewal Fee (Inclusive of GST)	$87.20
Course Transfer Fee	$30
Banker’s Guarantee	$ 187 – $ 412
Medical Check-up (Payable to Clinic)	Approximately $ 45
Late Payment Fee (Inclusive of GST)	$ 109
Re-Examination Fees (Inclusive of GST)	$ 109

Course Admission Criteria 

Entry Requirement
Minimum Age:	Minimum 18 years of age
Academic Level:	Degree Qualifications of any Discipline
Language Proficiency:	A minimum Grade of B4 in English Language for GCE ‘O’ Level or regional equivalent, or at least IELTS 6.0 or CEFR B2 or pass the English Proficiency Test at equivalent level conducted by Trinity International College (with a score of at least 60%). English proficiency may be considered to have been met and an IELTS score may not be required if applicant possesses a Diploma/Degree qualification where English was the sole medium of instruction. All applicants are subjected to the School’s assessment of eligibility for entry into the programme.

Course Schedule for Post Graduate Certificate in Education and Training   

To be updated

Graduation Requirements

The learners will need to fulfill all of the following to graduate and be awarded the certificate
Attendance Requirement:	90% for all learners who are under student pass (STP) 75% for learners without STP
Academic Level:	Pass all modules, including the Industrial  Attachment (IA) module
Others:	Course fees all fully paid