- Sector: Education
- Study Mode: Full Time
- Full Time Duration:
- Degree Type: Postgraduate Diploma
- Awarding University: The Open University of Sri Lanka
- Email Us: courses@scholar.lk
Postgraduate Diploma in Special Needs Education
The Open University of Sri Lanka
Nawala, Nugegoda 11222, Sri Lanka
Course Description
| The Department of Special Needs Education of the Faculty of Education offers this fifteen-month programme. The medium of instruction will be determined on the basis of the student number in each medium. The target group is graduate teachers who are interested in Special Needs Education. This program has been accepted by the Ministry of Education as equivalent to the Post-graduate Diploma in Education offered by the OUSL and any other Post-graduate Diplomas offered by any other conventional university. |
Entry Requirements
| Should
hold a Bachelor’s Degree of minimum three years duration from a recognized
University or any other equivalent qualification acceptable to the Senate of
the Open University of Sri Lanka and Should be a Teacher or a Principal of a recognized school or an In-service Teacher Adviser or a Teacher Educator or an Officer in the Sri Lanka Educational Administrative service or a full time Lecturer (Universities, Colleges of Education, Technical Colleges and Teacher Training Colleges) or a Government Teacher Centre Manager or a Project Officer (National Institute of Education) and Should have been appointed on or before 05th March, 2018 and in continuous service from the first appointment date. The Ministry of Education has given the approval to recognize the PGDSNE as equal to PGDE with the condition that prospective candidates should be engaged in Special Needs Education by the time they apply for this program. |
