Cégep de Sherbrooke offers Diploma in Techniques d’éducation à l’enfance, a diploma in Early Childhood Education programme in Sherbrooke, 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).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Early Childhood Education
Duration: 3 years
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
International tuition: CAD 15,150 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Techniques d'éducation à l'enfance (322.A1) is a three-year technical DEC at Cégep de Sherbrooke, with fall admission, preparing students to accompany and guide children aged zero to twelve in educational settings such as childcare centres, family daycare coordinating offices, private daycares, school daycare services, day camps, and community programs. Coursework covers ensuring children's wellbeing, health and safety, supporting play and skill development, fostering social inclusion, and collaborating with partners across educational and care environments. The program integrates environmental and sustainability themes into its curriculum, aiming to build ecologically responsible practices specific to the profession. It is delivered through a work-study (alternance travail-études) structure that includes two paid, supervised summer internships of roughly eight to twelve weeks, alongside work placements beginning in the first year. An international placement option is also available. The program suits people drawn to a hands-on role in early childhood education who are patient, respectful, and attentive to children's developmental needs, and who want practical, supervised experience before entering the workforce. Graduates commonly continue toward university studies in preschool education, elementary teaching, or psychoeducation, building on the practical training gained through the program's placements.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This programme page only points to Cégep de Sherbrooke's general admission conditions, administered through SRAM (admission.sram.qc.ca). Domestically that requires a Diploma of Secondary Studies (DES), or a record the Cégep judges equivalent (including studies completed outside Quebec); DES holders from before 2010 or the adult-education stream are still admitted but must complete levelling activities (mise à niveau) for any missing language, second-language or mathematics units by their first or second session. International applicants apply via SRAM as an International Candidate and, unless they are French citizens, must submit a French-language test result meeting Sherbrooke's own minimums: Bright Canada average 3.7, TCF tout public 484, DELF tout public B2 75.7, DALF 50, or TEF 479/699. Techniques d'éducation à l'enfance (322.A1) states no further course prerequisites, but notes that the Cégep checks government databases for any record that could block admission or a workplace internship placement.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM), which also covers cégeps outside the Montreal region: Winter 2027 entry opens 15 September 2026, with a round-one deadline of 1 November 2026 and a round-two deadline of 25 November 2026; Fall 2027 entry follows SRAM's recurring round-one deadline of 1 March 2027, though the cégep's site has not yet posted a dated row for that cycle (its Fall 2026 table is marked as closed). International applicants follow a separate SRAM timeline, confirmed directly on the cégep's site: 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. Admission is not open-ended rolling, but SRAM runs successive rounds for as long as places remain. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
