Cegep de Trois-Rivieres offers Diploma in Techniques d’éducation à l’enfance, a diploma in Early Childhood Education programme in Trois-Rivières, 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 (322.A1) is a technical Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC) at Cégep de Trois-Rivières that trains students to become early childhood educators. According to the program page, graduates play a key role in children's overall development, contributing to the physical, material, and pedagogical organization of a childcare setting while exercising creativity in a professional intervention context and looking after the health and safety of children aged 0 to 12. Coursework teaches students to observe, analyze, and respond to children's needs, and to apply different techniques to support their social and emotional, language, cognitive, and physical and motor development. Students also learn to design, set up, and lead activities that foster overall development. The page states that training includes three internships in a variety of educational childcare settings, and that the program is oriented toward inclusion, diversity, and the particular needs of children. It suits students interested in early childhood development who want a technical credential combining child-development coursework with hands-on placements across different childcare environments.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The programme page for Techniques d'éducation à l'enfance (322.A1) states only that applicants must meet Cégep de Trois-Rivières' general college admission conditions, without listing any programme-specific secondary-school courses. Those general conditions require a Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES) from the youth or adult sector, or a Diplôme d'études professionnelles (DEP) with secondary 5 language of instruction, secondary 5 second language, and secondary 4 mathematics completed; admission is conditional until the DES is confirmed, with eligibility reassessed at the start of the year for anyone still short. The language requirement is satisfied through these DES-embedded courses, and the college publishes no separate IELTS, TOEFL, or French-test score. Applications go through the SRAM network (admission.sram.qc.ca). No interview, portfolio, work-experience, or minimum-average requirement is stated on the programme page.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM): for Fall 2027 entry the equal-consideration date (1st round) is 1 March 2027, followed by a second round in early-to-mid April and a third around mid-to-late May, with the college noting exact round-2/3 dates vary slightly each year; Winter 2027 entry opened 15 September 2026 with a 1 November 2026 first-round deadline and a late-November second round. International applicants apply directly through SRAM as well and face a firm 14 March 2027 closing date for Fall 2027 day programmes, with the college advising early submission because of immigration-processing timelines; no separate winter international deadline is published. Admission proceeds round by round on a rolling basis until each round's seats are filled. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
