Colleges and Universities Offering Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Development and Family Studies in Jamaica

Institutions Offering Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Development and Family Studies

•  The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Brown's Town  
  Course entry requirements
  Applicants should meet normal or lower matriculation AND have an acceptable pass in CXC-CSEC (General Proficiency) Mathematics or its equivalent.
  
  (a) Normal Level
  
  An acceptable pass in English A in an examination of the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC-CSEC), or an acceptable equivalent AND one of the following minimum qualifications:
  
  1. Holders of CXC-CSEC Certificates, General Certificates of Education (GCE) (or the approved equivalents) who satisfy either Scheme A or Scheme B as stated below:
  
  Scheme A:They possess FIVE (5) subjects of which at least TWO (2) must be GCE
  
  Advanced Level (A’ Level)* passes, while the remainder may be acceptable passes in the CXC-CSEC or GCE O’ Level examinations.
  
  Scheme B:They possess passes in FOUR (4) subjects of which at least THREE must be GCE A’ Level** passes, while the fourth may be an acceptable pass in the CXC-CSEC or GCE O’ Level examinations.
  
  2. Holders of Certificates and Diplomas awarded by this University
  
  3. Holders of an Associate Degree from the UWI, or from approved Caribbean tertiary level institutions with a minimum GPA of 2.5
  
  * Candidates who have passed two two-unit courses in a particular subject area fall
  
  within the two A’ Level matriculation standard (Reference Scheme A).
  
  ** Six CAPE units, including the two single-unit courses – Caribbean Studies and
  
  Communication Studies will be accepted under normal matriculation
  
  (Reference Scheme B)
  
  
  
  (b) Lower Level
  
  The following are eligible for lower level matriculation for admission to degree programmes:
  
  1. Holders of five (5) CXC-CSEC or GCE O’ Level passes or equivalent, not necessarily
  
  obtained at the same sitting, as follows:
  
  (i) English (A), and
  
  (ii) Mathematics or a foreign language, or an approved science (not Health Science), or additional Mathematics or Geography
  
  (iii) Three (3) other approved subjects not already counted above.
  
  2. Persons over the age of 21, who have been out of school for at least five years, on the basis of their overall academic and professional attainments.
  
  3. Holders of one of the approved certificates from the School of Continuing Studies with an acceptable pass in English Language
  
  NOTE: The same subject cannot be counted at both CXC-CSEC General Proficiency and GCE O’ Level.
  

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