Commonwealth Teacher Qualifications Comparability Table

Commonwealth Teacher Qualifications Comparability Table Participating countries Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Canada, Republic of Cyprus, Dominica, The Gambia, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, New Zealand, Nigeria, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania and Vanuatu. Prepared by James Keevy and Jonathan Jansen Commonwealth Secretariat Published as a supplement to Fair Trade for Teachers: Transferability of Teacher Qualifications in the Commonwealth by: Commonwealth Secretariat Marlborough House Pall Mall London SW1Y 5HX United Kingdom © Commonwealth Secretariat 2010 The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) developed this Comparability Table for the Commonwealth Secretariat. All rights reserved. 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This Comparability Table is also available separately from the main Teacher Qualifications Report with ISBN 978-1-84929-015-9 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-84859-064-9 (downloadable e-book). 2 Commonwealth Teacher Qualifications: Comparability Table Table of Contents Antigua and Barbuda 10 Australia 12 The Bahamas 14 Bangladesh 16 Barbados 18 Belize 20 Brunei Darussalam 22 Cameroon 24 Canada 26 Republic of Cyprus 28 Dominica 30 The Gambia 32 Guyana 34 India 36 Jamaica 38 Kenya 40 Lesotho 42 Malaysia 44 Maldives 46 Malta 48 Mauritius 50 New Zealand 52 Nigeria 54 St Vincent and the Grenadines 56 Samoa 58 Seychelles 60 Sierra Leone 62 Singapore 64 South Africa 66 Tonga 68 Trinidad and Tobago 70 Uganda 72 United Kingdom 74 United Republic of Tanzania 76 Vanuatu 78 Commonwealth Teacher Qualifications: Comparability Table 3 Introduction This document contains updated information on teacher qualifications in participating Commonwealth countries presented in the form of a comparability table. The table is intended for use by government officials, credential evaluators, academics, and policy researchers as well as individual teachers moving between countries. Although information has been provided and verified by the respective countries at the time of publication, the reader is encouraged to contact the relevant in-country authorities (for which the contact details are provided) to obtain additional information beyond that which can be presented in a table of this nature. The teacher qualifications included in the comparability table are limited to initial (pre-service) qualifications on offer to primary and secondary (including both lower and upper secondary) school teachers in the relevant country. Excluded are in-service qualifications, qualifications for technical teaching staff (typically teaching at vocational colleges), early childhood development (ECD) qualifications and qualifications required to teach at tertiary institutions. The qualifications are presented in the format of diagrams based on the seven levels of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) developed jointly by UNESCO and the OECD: Level 0: Pre-primary education Level 1: Primary education or first stage of basic education Level 2: Lower secondary or second stage of basic education Level 3: Upper secondary education Level 4: Post-secondary non-tertiary education Level 5: First stage of tertiary education Level 6: Second stage of tertiary education For more detailed information a guide can be obtained from www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/pdf/isced/ISCED_A.pdf. This comparability table should be read with the research report that describes the research methodology in detail, and also includes a number of pan-Commonwealth findings that may be of value to countries. Commonwealth Teacher Qualifications: Comparability Table 5 ISCED Typical Name Typical Entry Typical Duration Characteristics Level Requirement (full time) 0 Pre-primary education At least 3 years Depends of local age of entry to primary schooling Basic Education –9years Basic Education 1 Pre-primary education Between age 5 and 7 6 years Studies characteristics of primary education – e.g. reading, writing and mathematics 2 Lower secondary or Completion of Level 1 2A 3 years after Level 1. Provide access to 3A or 3B programmes second stage of basic (or 6 years of primary Usually more subject 2B Provide access to 3C education schooling) orientated 2C Preparing for direct access to the labour market 3 (Upper) Secondary Completion of Level 2 3A 3 years after Direct access to 5A programmes education Entrance age typically 3B Level 2 Direct access to 5B programmes 15 or 16 years 3C Variable – fewer These programmes lead directly to labour market, than 6 months to SCED 4 programmes or other ISCED 3 programmes more than 2 years 4 Post-secondary non- Completion of Level 3 4A From 6 months to 2 Programmes that prepare for entry to Level 5 tertiary education (but often not years programmes – typical examples are pre-degree significantly more foundation courses advanced than 4B Comparability Table Designed for direct labour market entry programmes at Level 3) 5 First stage of tertiary Completion of Level 3A, 5A Minimum duration – Largely theoretically based – provide qualifications education 3B or Level 4A 3 years after for entry to advanced research programmes (Level 6) completing Level 3 or professions with high skills requirements 5B Minimum duration – More practical/technical/occupationally specific than 2 years after 5A programmes. Do not provide access to Level 6 completing Level 3 programmes 6 Second stage of Completion of Level 5A Variable Leading to an advanced research qualification Qualifications: Commonwealth Teacher tertiary education International Standard Classification of Education 6 Acknowledgements This comparability table relies almost entirely on the contributions of senior officials in the Commonwealth member states. The names of these officials are available under the key contacts section for each country. Request for Additional and Updated Information The comparability table is a working document that will be improved and updated on a regular basis. While every effort will be made to verify the data with both the countries involved and a range of related research reports, it may be possible that omissions have been made. The reader is invited to bring this to our attention. Explanation of Format The following page presents a brief overview of the single page format used to present the data from each country. Explanatory notes are included in the relevant sections corresponding with those on the following pages. Commonwealth Teacher Qualifications: Comparability Table 7 Explanation of Format Awarding bodies Professional requirements for teaching A list of nationally recognised bodies that Minimum qualifications are regarded as oversee the awarding of qualifications is one requirement to obtain qualified listed here, e.g. universities and colleges. professional status. In this section some of the other requirements, such as continuing Accrediting agencies professional development and professional licensing within the participating country, are described. The data are based on National agencies that are officially questionnaire responses from the countries. mandated/ appointed to oversee the quality assurance of teacher qualifications are listed here. Key facts Key contacts In this section key contextual data is listed The contact details for the main ministries from available sources, such as the UNESCO and agencies involved in teacher report on teachers (2006), Commonwealth qualifications are listed in this section. Education Partnerships (2007) and various Where possible (and agreed to), the names others. The data are supplemented by and email addresses of the responding more recent information provided by officials have been included to facilitate participating countries. Key facts include: enquiries. population, education expenditure as percentage of the GDP, primary, secondary and tertiary enrolment as a percentage of the relevant age groups, the number of primary and secondary teachers, the estimated number of un- and under- qualified teachers, as well as the estimated number of foreign teachers. 8 Commonwealth Teacher Qualifications: Comparability Table Country flag Country Name Initial Primary Teaching Qualifications ISCED 5B Name of Name of qualification qualification 5A XX XX-XX Name of qualification In this box a set of general notes is 4B X Name of provided

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