MCKL’s Diploma in Early Childhood Education (ECE) is designed to prepare students for a career working with young children in various educational and care settings. It focuses on the development of knowledge, skills, and understanding related to child development, curriculum planning, classroom management, and creating a nurturing environment for young children.
Students will be fully equipped with relevant theoretical knowledge, teaching pedagogies, practical skills, and a holistic understanding of young children’s development, learning needs and growth. Upon graduation, MCKL graduates will be able to seek employment in the ECE field as a qualified practitioner or continue to earn a globally recognised degree either in universities in Ireland, Munster Technological University (MTU) or U.K., University of Northampton, University of Gloucestershire and others. They will have the opportunity to complete their degree with only an additional year at such universities upon completing Diploma in Early Childhood Education at MCKL.
MCKL is honoured to be in partnership with MTU for over 10 years. Both institutions have mutually built a long lasting and transformative partnership to provide quality and comprehensive ECE to students to meet the ever-evolving demands of the workforce.
MCKL and MTU, Ireland first entered a partnership with the ambition of enabling MCKL students to directly enter the final year of MTU’s bachelor’s in early childhood education programme. MCKL’s students are eligible for this express pathway due to the comprehensive selection of subjects and robust practical exposure. MCKL students are also entitled to a special discount and scholarships. Now boasting over 120 alumni, the partnership has grown from humble beginnings, with just six students in the first years.
Denise Thean Pui Yan is one of the alumni that has continued their studies at MTU after graduating with a Diploma in Early Childhood Education. She was the recipient of the Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship and MCKL’s 100% Merit Scholarship. “This scholarship and pathway eased up my parents’ financial burden and it made my dream to pursue higher education at a world-renowned university come true,” stated Denise. Denise shared some positive enlightenment about her journey studying in Ireland. “The constant assistance from lecturers was especially significant for me when I was studying at MTU. It helped me to alleviate many uncertainties that I had with the assessment methods adopted in Ireland. I thank God for all the positive and negative experiences that He allowed me to go through throughout my journey of study in MCKL as well as in MTU. I would say that my experience in MCKL and MTU as both fantastic and exciting”.
Denise Thean is one of many examples of great achievers from MCKL. The students and alumni of MCKL aims to achieve their highest dreams and goals through their own honest and hard work. MCKL strives to deliver excellent and quality education, which ultimately serves its purposes as an institution for the community and the achievement of such students is the epitome of their values and beliefs.
For 40 years, MCKL has been providing quality higher education in the best of Methodist tradition. Besides providing top quality pre-university, diploma, American Degree Transfer Program and professional courses, MCKL is in the aspiration to offer Degree courses as this will be a great opportunity for the students to continue their higher-level studies at MCKL.