Choose The Level Of Schooling You Wish To Teach In South Africa

Choose The Level Of Schooling You Wish To Teach In South Africa

You will need to consider the age range that you would like to teach. The age ranges are clustered into phases. Please note that the age ranges indicated below only serve as a guideline. There will be instances where a slightly younger/older child forms part of a particular phase.
The phase specialisations are as follows:

• Foundation Phase: (±5 – 9-year-olds): Grades R – 3
• Intermediate Phase: (±10 – 12-year-olds): Grades 4 – 6
• Senior Phase: (±13 – 15-year-olds): Grades 7 – 9
• Further Education and Training (FET) Phase: (±16 – 18-year-olds): Grades 10 – 12

Some higher education institutions (HEIs) allow for a combination of phase specialisation. In these instances, you could specialise in two consecutive phases. For the Intermediate, Senior and FET Phases, you will be given the opportunity to choose the subjects that you wish to specialise in, which include fields in languages, mathematics, the sciences, technology, business and management, and the humanities.