Postgraduate Certificate in Secondary School Leadership–PGCertSSL 60 points Qualification regulations

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the PGCSSL shall have:

(i) completed a Bachelor’s degree with a B average or have completed a postgraduate qualification, and hold a middle or senior management position in a secondary school; and

(ii) been nominated by and have the support of the principal of the school in which the candidate works; and

(iii) been accepted by the Associate Dean (Academic) of the Faculty of Education as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study. This acceptance will depend, inter alia, on the positive endorsement of an interview panel of principals and academic staff of the University.

(b) Requirement (a) (i) may be waived by the associate dean in exceptional circumstances.

2. (a) Except as provided in (b), the course of study for the PGCertSSL shall consist of courses worth 60 points, comprising MSSL 501, MSSL 502, MSSL 503, MSSL 504.

(b) A candidate who has sufficient mastery of the material contained in any required course, whether through appropriate professional or scholarly experience or through passing a similar course for a completed qualification, may be permitted by the programme director to replace it with an elective from the EMBA or MEd schedules.

(c) A candidate who has been awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Secondary School Leadership shall abandon that qualification upon being awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Secondary School Leadership.

3. A candidate for the PGCertSSL shall normally complete the qualification within one year of first enrolment. The Associate Dean (Academic) may extend the maximum period in special cases.