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 MEd 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.
Applicants for the MEd programme:
- First degree with at least, second class lower division.
- Non-researched master’s degree with CGPA of 2.5 or better (top-up to MPhil)
The target group for the programme includes the following:
- Educational administrators
- Personnel at the directorate of the Ministry of Education
A successful applicant will be offered probationary admission as 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).
The MEd programme (non-research) is by course work only and is done in one academic year of two semesters with a minimum credit load of 30.
