Collège Laflèche offers Diploma in Early Childhood Education Techniques, a diploma in Early Childhood Education programme in Trois-Rivières, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 6,842 per semester (CAD 2,365 per semester for local students).
Early Childhood Education Techniques (code 322.A1) is a technical Diplôme d'études collégiales (DEC) at Collège Laflèche that prepares students to work with children from birth to age twelve in childcare and educational settings. The curriculum covers child development, health and safety, activity and educational planning, and professional communication, combining classroom learning with fieldwork integrated into the weekly schedule so students can discuss their placement experience with classmates and instructors. The college offers a regular three-year pathway and a longer work-study pathway that spreads the same content across additional sessions. Students train using an on-campus early-childhood centre, video-observation tools for studying children directly, and Red Cross certifications in emergency and workplace safety, and the program maintains partnerships with local daycare facilities as well as occasional international placement opportunities. It suits creative, dynamic students with strong communication skills and a genuine interest in child development, and the college notes it welcomes candidates of all genders into the field.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission follows Collège Laflèche's general CEGEP admission conditions, which require a Quebec Diploma of Secondary Studies (DES) or a recognized equivalent, as set out on the college's admission page. The Early Childhood Education Techniques program (Éducation à l'enfance, 322.A1, regular pathway) states no further academic prerequisites or language-proficiency test beyond that. The program flags that a criminal record can affect a student's academic path, specifically access to the practicum placements the program requires, so applicants must be free of any judicial record or impediment that would prevent them from completing their internships; the college also notes it reserves the right to open or close admission depending on demand. International students are not eligible for the work-study (Conciliation travail-études) delivery option of this program.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Collège Laflèche takes applications directly rather than through a regional admission service (SRAM, SRACQ or SRAS), though applicants may also apply elsewhere through those services in parallel. Fall 2026 admission is already closed; for Winter 2027 entry the published rounds close 1 November 2026 (decision by 11 November, registration by 25 November), 14 January 2027, and 15 January 2027 for the first week of classes (registration by 21 January 2027). The college has not yet posted Fall 2027 deadlines. No distinct international closing date is published: the $50 CAD application fee applies equally to Canadian and international applicants, and late Winter admission continues on a rolling basis through the first week of classes. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
