Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) (12+4 Program)
Lower Secondary Education (12 + 4 Program)
Introduction to Lower Secondary Education Program
The 12 + 4 primary and lower secondary school teacher education programs are equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree with a duration of 4 years and a minimum of 120 credits.
Our programs provide student teachers with a strong educational foundation, pedagogies for effective teaching, and offer a holistic education to student teachers, emphasizing values and character development.
Graduates of the B.Ed. programs are teachers who have achieved Teacher Professional Standards (TPS) and the TEC Student Teacher Education Competencies (STEC) as the minimum standards.
Summarized Allocation Credits* per Subject
Lower Secondary Education
| No | Subjects | Year | Total Credits |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||
| 1 | Education Studies | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 2 | Academic Subjects (in specialized subject(s)) | 20 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 55 |
| 3 | Curriculum Studies (in specialized subject(s)) | |||||
| (A) Non-foreign language course | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| (B) Foreign language course | - | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |
| 4 | LEADS | |||||
| (A) Non-foreign language course | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| (B) Foreign language course | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| 5 | Essential Course | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Practicum | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| Total Credits | ||||||
| (A) Non-foreign language courses | 37 | 35 | 33 | 35 | 140 | |
| (B) Foreign language courses | 34 | 35 | 33 | 38 | 140 | |