Basic Admission Criteria to the Post Graduate Diploma

Minimum Requirements

Each local academic institution has its own admission criteria. However, there are minimum requirements for admission to the Postgraduate Diploma Training Programme. At a minimum, students must meet the following requirements:

A bachelor’s degree or higher in a field related to ICT policy and regulation

AND

Sufficient, applicable and verifiable prior learning through other training or work experience

OR

Adequate work experience and evidence of accelerated career progress since original training.

Currently, all NetTel courses are offered only in English. Also, many aspects of NetTel's Training Programme require a minimum level of access to the Internet. Students in the NetTel Postgraduate Training Programme must have:

Demonstrable proficiency in reading, speaking and writing in English

AND

At least 5 hours of weekly access to the Internet for web browsing and e-mail.

Note

Each academic institution may impose additional admission requirements for their own students. Please learn more about the admission requirements of your Home Institution. Step 2 provides information about participating NetTel Home Institutions.

Explanation of Process

The Registration Process begins with the prospective student learning enough about the NetTel Postgraduate Training Programme to make an informed decision. In making this decision, it is suggested that potential students fully review the registration information describing the Training Programme, giving particular attention to the Policies and Required Learning Resources (steps 4 and 5). When possible, we recommend that all prospective students contact a NetTel Advisor at the nearest NetTel Academic Institution to ask questions. Once the decision is made to proceed with registering in the Postgraduate Training Programme, the student will need to do the following:

• Choose a Home Institution
• Learn about the admission requirements of the Home Institution
• Discuss Registration with the NetTel Advisor at the Home Institution
• Determine which courses to take
• Enroll in the course(s) prior to the close of the enrollment period for the Home Institution
• Understand the Policies established by NetTel and your Home Institution
• Understand the Requirements for accessing Learning Resources

What Studetns can Expect

The NetTel@Africa Postgraduate Diploma Training Programme is offered through a distributed eLearning environment. The distributed eLearning environment will be provided through a combination of information technologies (CD-ROMs and web-based tools) and face-to-face interactions. The content of the NetTel curriculum is developed and delivered by an international network of universities and training institutions. Because NetTel's curriculum resources are distributed across vast geographic areas, the learning environment is also distributed. What this means is that sometimes your instructor for a particular course, as well as some of your fellow students, may not be located at your Home Institution. Your instructor and some of your fellow students may be located at different institutions in other countries.

One benefit of NetTel's distributed eLearning environment is that students can receive training from leading experts regardless of their geographic location. Another benefit is that students have the opportunity to interact with people who have similar interests but live in other countries. NetTel strives to capitalise on the international aspect of its distributed eLearning environment.