Cégep de Drummondville offers Diploma in Techniques d’éducation à l’enfance, a diploma in Early Childhood Education programme in Drummondville, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,150 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
Techniques d'éducation à l'enfance is a DEC program at Cégep de Drummondville that prepares students to support children's development from birth to age twelve. According to the program page, students learn to accompany and support children in their daily development, to design educational activities suited to physical, motor, emotional, social, cognitive, and language growth, and to collaborate with the various professionals involved in a child's care. The page describes two ways to complete the same program: a standard three-year path and an accelerated two-year intensive path open to students who have already completed their general-education requirements. Training combines coursework with supervised work placements in educational settings, includes access to an observation laboratory with adapted equipment, and benefits from an on-site childcare facility at the Cégep that supports hands-on practice. Admission follows the general conditions for college admission, along with a criminal background check, since some placement settings may decline candidates with a relevant record. Graduates are prepared for roles such as early childhood educator in daycare centres or childcare settings, educator in school environments, or coordinator of a home childcare service, and the credential can also serve as a pathway toward university studies in preschool education. The program suits students drawn to hands-on, people-centred work with young children.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Beyond Cegep de Drummondville's general college admission conditions, Techniques d'education a l'enfance requires a criminal record check (absence of any disqualifying record); some practicum settings may refuse a candidate who has a criminal record or a pending legal case. The page does not state a specific course or grade prerequisite beyond the general conditions, and no English or French language test score is published. No portfolio or interview condition is listed. The programme runs an intensive 2-year or a standard 3-year pathway, with two placements in educational settings including the on-site CPE Plumeau-Soleil, installation Ribambelle. Intake is in the Fall and Winter terms.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall and Winter
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM): for Fall 2027 entry, round one closes 1 March 2027, round two 22 April 2027, and round three 27 May 2027; Winter 2027 entry is already open, with round one closing 1 November 2026 and round two closing 25-26 November 2026 (late admission runs to 12 January 2027). International applicants follow a separate SRAM timeline: Fall 2027 applications run from 15 March 2026 to 14 March 2027, and Winter 2028 applications run from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027 (Winter 2027 international applications are already closed). Admission is not open-ended rolling, but SRAM runs successive rounds for as long as places remain, and international intake can close early without notice. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
