(1) The following teaching qualifications are prescribed:
(a) a course of pre-service teacher education—
(i) consisting of at least 4 years of academic study; and
(ii) including an accredited pre-service (initial) teacher education program;
Note Accreditation of education programs is dealt with in the Act, pt 7.
(b) an accredited graduate pre-service teacher education program;
(c) a course of teacher education—
(i) provided by a university or higher education provider; and
(ii) that the institute is satisfied is equivalent to a course mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
(2) In this section:
"higher education provider"—see the Training and Tertiary Education Act 2003 , dictionary.
"university"—see the Training and Tertiary Education Act 2003 , dictionary.