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Applications for admission to PGCE courses are handled by a national Clearing House , the Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR). QUALIFIED TEACHER STATUS The PGCE is a Professional Degree normally taught at a University or other Higher Education institution, with much of the course time is spent on placements in local schools. A trainee teacher will have to meet the Standards for Qualifiied Teacher Status and any course specific requirements to be awarded the PGCE. In England a a trainee teacher will also have to pass the QTS Skills Tests in Literacy , Numeracy and ICT ). The training provider will then recommend the trainee teacher for QTS to one of three General Teaching Councils:
After gaining QTS, the candidate becomes a Newly-Qualified Teacher (NQT). EQUIVALENCE A recent review of the equivalence of qualifications in the UK has declared the PGCE to be equivalent to a Postgraduate Diploma (which in turn is equivalent to the taught element of a Master's Degree ). This leaves the PGCE with a rather inappropriate name as a Postgraduate Certificate is a lower level than the postgraduate diploma, requiring only half the amount of work. As a result, some universities have renamed their PGCEs to PGDEs (Postgraduate Diploma in Education). Technically, the PGCE is a non- Degree qualification (as it is directly related to a career, it is considered vocational) that does not grant any Postnominal s, though this is often ignored. FEES Students on PGCE courses in England and Wales do not have to pay any tuition fees and receive a £6,000 training bursary (£9,000 for secondary Mathematics and Science teachers plus a £5000 Golden Hello after successfully completing their induction period) over the course of the year. Students in Scotland and Northern Ireland still do not pay any fees, but do not receive a bursary. There are also other financial incentives for teachers once qualified. GRADUATE TEACHER PROGRAMME The PGCE is not the only way to become a teacher in the UK. Student teachers may, in England and Wales only, enrol on the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP), where they are employed by a school and train on the job (this route leads to QTS, but, unlike the PGCE, does not award an academic qualification and as such is not well recognised internationally). BACHELOR OF EDUCATION Those without a degree may undertake a four-year undergraduate Bachelor Of Education . Some universities also offer a three-year Bachelor Of Arts or Bachelor Of Science honours degree in education, which includes QTS. Amongst these, some in England offer a Key Stage 2 and 3 course that qualifies graduates to teach both in junior school and lower secondary school or a middle school. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL Teachers in Independent School s in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are not required to hold any particular qualifications, although most schools now prefer applicants to have a PGCE, especially younger people going into teaching as a first career. This flexibility does allow them to occasionally hire older people who have practical experience, such as appointing ex-engineers as mathematics or physics teachers. EXTERNAL LINKS
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