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TheCertificate in Education (Cert Ed) is a professional qualification forteachers in theUnited Kingdom. There have been two incarnations of the Cert Ed over the years.
The current Cert Ed is a non-compulsory qualification offering training in teaching atfurther orhigher education level.
Those wanting to teach atprimary orsecondary education must undertake either aBachelor of Education or aBachelor of Arts degree, such as a BA (Hons) Primary Education, orBachelor of Science (in a relevant Education course) degree or a non-education degree followed by a postgraduate qualification in teaching, such as thePGCE.
In 2007, many colleges and Universities stopped teaching the Cert Ed with the advent of the newer Teaching Awards, theDiploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (DTLLS) replacing the full Cert Ed.
The old Cert Ed was a qualification required by teachers, obtained after three years of study at a College of Education. At the end of this period students could complete a fourth year in order to gain a BEd (Hons) degree, although only a minority chose to do so.[1] The Cert Ed was discontinued in the early 1980s when the law required all trainee teachers to train via graduate or post-graduate courses.
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