Why is Early Childhood Teaching and Care an ideal profession for young women?
View(s):A career in early childhood education and care is an incredibly fulfilling job that will allow you to make an ongoing impact for the rest of a child’s life. It is cut out to be a job for females – young women with maternal instincts, mothers to be and young mothers. This is one of the very few females dominated professions, thus not subjected to gender pay gaps visible in most other professions. In this field, you will have the opportunity to play a vital role in the lives of your students as they develop, realise their own potential and become self-sufficient. It is a rewarding and a fulfilling career which is enjoyable as you work with innocent minds to see them through the most crucial period of a child’s early positive development.
Early childhood (Preschool) teachers are one of the top 20 in demand jobs in Australia. In Australia in the year 2021, over 216,000 staff were employed in the early childhood education and care sector. 92% of the EC Teachers are young females. Most – 85%, have an early childhood education and care qualification at a bachelor degree level. According to Labour Market Insights, there’s expected to be a huge increase in early childhood educators in the country. In South Australia itself the state government is planning to give three-year children too access to preschool by 2026. These policies reveal a strong, growing demand for professionals in this sector. The average early childhood teacher salary in Australia at present is $80,378 per year whilst entry-level positions start at $74,287 per year. Most experienced teachers make up to $95,193 per year.
Early childhood teaching (ECT) is different to “childcare” work and also to Montessori teaching methods popular in USA. All other developed countries in the world adopt specialised EC education programmes. ECE involves teaching kids under eight – beginner literacy and numeracy skills.
For the first time in Sri Lanka, PolyCampus (A joint venture between Polytechnic – The renowned Sri Lankan vocational institution Polytechnic founded in 1901 with over 100 years of unblemished history and Edlocate) is offering the NVQ Level 5 National Diploma in Early Childhood Education Development (ECED), accredited and awarded by the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC) of Sri Lanka. The enrolment for the first course is in January 2024. School levers with 3 AL passes in one sitting are eligible to enrol. This is a fulltime course; hence it is best suited for school leaving girls looking for a successful career.
The 1 ½ years National Diploma course offered by Polycampus guarantees pathway to enrol in the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Hon) degree at University of South Australia (UniSA) at year 2. This one-year exemption will give students a huge saving of almost Rs. 10m by way of the first-year tuition fee of UniSA & living expenses. Polycampus has signed an articulation agreement with UniSA in Adelaide, as the university’s “Education” degree programmes are highly ranked internationally and in Australia. Completion of this degree will lead students to register as EC Teachers and live and work in Australia.
Prof Anne-Marie Morgan – Dean of Programmes (Education Futures) of the University of South Australia – a renowned academic in the field of Early Childhood Education will be in Sri Lanka on 6th & 7th of November. There will be opportunities offered for prospective students and parents to meet her at arranged events by PolyCampus.
Please call Primali on 0773037303 or 11 2581897 for more details on the course and invitations for events on 6th & 7th November.
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