The Postgraduate Diploma in Physical Education is designed for Physical Education instructors/ teachers in government schools or other public and private educational institutes and offices to upgrade their knowledge and skills in Physical Education. The programme aims at producing well informed, competent, creative and professional physical education instructors, teachers and officers. The programme provides students with knowledge of concepts and principles and teaching methodology in physical education, trains them on coaching of games, provides training on curriculum design and development and also develops a set of interpersonal and transferable skills required for teaching, coaching and other relevant tasks in the field.
Eligibility Criteria
A candidate who possesses one of the following qualifications is eligible to apply for the Postgraduate Diploma in Physical Education:
- A Bachelor’s degree obtained from a recognized University or Higher Educational Institution And at least one year work experience as a teacher in Physical Education/ Sports in a government or private school, a Physical Education Instructor/ Coach/ Lecturer in any other Higher Educational Institute or an officer in the field of Education. OR
- Any other professional qualification and at least three years work experience as a teacher in Physical Education/Sports in a government or private school, a Physical Education Instructor/Coach/Lecturer in any other Higher Educational Institute or an officer in the field of Education as acceptable to the relevant Board of Study.
The courses offered:
Course Code | Course Title | No. of Credits | C/O |
PED 5001 | Administration of Physical Education & School Sport | 03 | C |
PED 5002 | Pedagogy of Health & Physical Education | 03 | C |
PED 5003 | Applied Physiology | 03 | C |
PED 5004 | Developmental and Sports Psychology | 03 | C |
PED 5005 | Assessment for Learning in Health & Physical Education | 03 | C |
PED 5006 | Sports Counselling | 03 | C |
PED 5007 | Curriculum Designs in Health & Physical Education | 03 | C |
PED 5008 | Research Methods in Health & Physical Education | 01 | C |
PED 5009 | Teaching Practice/Coaching Practice | 02 | C |
PED 5010 | Action Research in Health & Physical Education | 01 | C |
PED 5011 | Human Sexuality Education | 01 | O |
PED 5012 | Improvement of Health and Sports and Prevention of Drugs and Injuries | 01 | O |
PED 5013 | Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sports | 01 | O |
PED 5014 | Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents | 01 | O |
PED 5015 | Coaching Games I | 02 | C |
PED 5016 | Coaching Games II | 02 | C |
PED 5017 | Information and Communication Technology | Non-credit | C |
PED 5018 | English for Communicative Purposes | Non-credit | C |
The programme consists of compulsory and optional coursework components, teaching /coaching practice, action research projects and ICT and English language as non-credit compulsory courses. A student who successfully completes 31 credits from the courses, teaching practice and the action research project and two non-credit compulsory courses will be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Physical Education.
