Post Graduate Diploma in Education

We welcome you to the Post Graduate Diploma in Education Programme. The primary goal of this programme is to provide professional training to graduate teachers and other graduates who are in the field of Education.

This is 36 credit programme offered to graduates of recognized universities who are in the education service or those with equivalent qualifications acceptable to the Senate of the OUSL. The main objective of this programme is to provide professional training to graduate teachers in the school system.
This programme consists of twelve (12) courses: eight (8) compulsory courses, two (02) courses to be selected out of six (06) optional courses, and Teaching Practice.

The OUSL has decided to enroll all the applicants into the PGDE 2024/25 programme without conducting a selection test. All applicants will be informed regarding the programme registration dates to come and register to the programme.

Programme Code :
PD
Programme Category :
Post Graduate Diploma Programme
Conducted by :
Dept. of Secondary and Tertiary, Faculty of Education
Programme Duration :
Minimum One academic year(15 months)
Discipline(s) / Course(s) :
Education

• A degree with teaching experience in a Government School, Private School or International School.

Submission of Online Applications :
 30th October 2023
Closing Date for Applications :
 14th December 2023
The selection test dates :
NO SELECTION TEST

 

 

 

Applications for respective centres will be closed once the maximum capacities have been reached for each centre (even before the extended closing date of applications).

Local Students

Application Fee: Rs. 1500/=

 

 

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Contact Details

This Post Graduate Diploma programme is conducted by the Department of Secondary and Tertiary Education, Faculty of Education. Contact the coordinator, Mr. M. N. Chandana Fernando for further details.

Address :
The Open University of Sri Lanka P.O. Box 21, Nawala, Nugegoda 10250 Sri Lanka.
Contact :
Mr. M. N. Chandana Fernando
011 288 1256 ,  011 288 1231
Email :
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