Collège Shawinigan offers Diploma in Techniques d’éducation à l’enfance, a diploma in Early Childhood Education programme in Shawinigan, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. 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
Delivery: On Campus
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
International tuition: CAD 15,150 / year
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Techniques d'éducation à l'enfance is a DEC at Cégep de Shawinigan that prepares students to work with children aged 0 to 12 in early-childhood and school-age care settings. The curriculum covers observing children, identifying and responding to their needs, and supporting their overall development, with the aim of enabling students to plan and carry out a range of educational activities. A distinctive feature described on the page is a licensed early-childhood centre (CPE) located inside the college, paired with an adjoining observation room that lets students study real interactions in a practical setting. Students also have access to a dedicated resource library holding several hundred children's books and games. The program includes four work placements spread across the training, the first beginning in the initial session, along with the possibility of an out-of-province placement and participation in an international project; a workplace-learning (AMT) component runs alongside coursework throughout the program. The program suits students who are patient, creative, and comfortable communicating with both children and adults, and who want a hands-on, placement-heavy pathway into roles such as early-childhood educator or school-based childcare technician.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission is based on the Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES), completed with Langue d'enseignement de 5e secondaire, Langue seconde de 5e secondaire, Mathématiques de 4e secondaire, Sciences de 4e secondaire (ST, ATS or equivalent) and Histoire et éducation à la citoyenneté de 4e secondaire; a Diplôme d'études professionnelles (DEP) covering the same secondary-5 language courses and secondary-4 mathematics is also accepted, as is training the Cégep judges equivalent. The secondary-5 French-language-of-instruction and second-language courses embedded in the DES stand in for a separate language requirement on this domestic programme page, which publishes no French or English proficiency test score. No further subject prerequisites are published for this programme beyond the general DES/DEP conditions above. Practicum placement sites may request a declaration of absence of a criminal record, and a student with a record could be refused access to one or more placement sites.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic (Quebec/Canadian) applicants apply through SRAM (admission.sram.qc.ca): for the Hiver (Winter) 2027 session the portal opened September 15, 2026, with Round 1 closing November 1, 2026 and Round 2 closing November 25, 2026; for Automne (Fall) 2027 entry, SRAM's fixed system-wide Round 1 cutoff is March 1, 2027, though the college has not yet posted 2027-specific Round 2/3 dates (Automne 2026 saw April 23 and May 28, 2026 for those rounds). International applicants face fixed, non-rolling SRAM deadlines instead of rounds: March 14 for Automne entry and May 31 for Hiver entry, with no exceptions once the date passes. Admission is therefore round-based for domestic candidates and firm for international ones. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
