Goal and Objectives of the Programme

The goal of the programme is to produce graduates and educational leaders with broad-based knowledge, competencies, skills and attitude in educational leadership to meet the challenges of twenty-first-century education to assume educational leadership roles.

The specific objectives for the MPhil programme are to:

• Provide graduates with important developmental supervisory knowledge and skills to successfully pursue school-wide instructional and learning goals.
• Prepare graduates to create professional learning communities in educational setups.
• Consider the general organisation and regulation of courses and research in the Institute.
• Equip graduates with requisite skills to conduct research to inform educational decisions and policies.

Admission Requirements

Applicants for the MPhil programme:

• First degree with at least, second class lower division.

Target Groups

The target group for the programme includes the following:

• Educational administrators
• Personnel at the directorate of the Ministry of Education

Progression

A successful applicant will be offered probationary admission as a Postgraduate Research Student for the first year. Students may progress to the second year (thesis phase) as MPhil/PhD students after having satisfied the following conditions:

• Taken and passed all required courses including academic writing (if not already taken).
• Obtained a CGPA of 2.5 or better for MPhil candidates.
• Successfully defended a research proposal for the level (Master’s/Doctoral).