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Early Years (Pre-school) Regulations and DCYA Childcare Programmes Qualification Requirements

Award	Training Provider	Min Preschool Reg.	Room Leader - Standard	Room leader - Higher	Country
Abschlusszeugnis Pre School Education	Justus-von-Liebig-Schule Göppingen				Germany
Advanced Certificate in Childcare Practice	School of Practical Childcare				Ireland
Advanced Certificate in Playgroup Practice	NCFE				Ireland
Advanced Certificate in Playgroup Practice	NCFE				UK (Incl. NI)
Advanced Certificate in Playwork	NCFE				Ireland
Advanced Certificate in Playwork	NCFE				UK (Incl. NI)
Advanced Certificate in the Montessori Method of Education	The College of Progressive Education				Ireland
Advanced Certificate in the Montessori Method of Education	Montessori Education Centre				Ireland
Advanced Montessori Diploma primary Education 6-12	Liberties College				Ireland
Advanced Study of Early Years and Special Needs	University of Liverpool				UK (Incl. NI)
AMI Montessori Diploma (3- 12 years)	AMI				Ireland
AMI Montessori Diploma 3 to 6 years (2 year course)	AMI				Ireland
AMI Montessori Diploma 3 to 6 years (one year postgraduate course)	AMI				Ireland
B Ed. (Hons)	DCU /St Patricks College)				Ireland
B. Education - Primary Teaching	Church of Ireland College of Education & Trinity College				Ireland
B. Education - Primary Teaching	Marino Institute of Education & Trinity College Dublin				Ireland
B. Education - Primary Teaching	Mary Immaculate College				Ireland
B. Education - Primary Teaching	NUI Maynooth & Froebel College				Ireland
B. Education - Primary Teaching	St Patrick's College Drumcondra /DCU				Ireland
B. Education and Psychology - Primary Teaching	Mary Immaculate College				Ireland
B.A Early Years Care & Education (FT)	Athlone Institute of Technology				Ireland
B.A (Hons) Childcare Management	Athlone Institute of Technology				Ireland
B.A (Hons) in Montessori Education	St Nicholas Montessori College				Ireland
B.A Early Childhood Care and Education	Institute of Technology Tralee				Ireland
B.A Early Years Care & Education (PT)	Athlone Institute of Technology				Ireland
B.A. (Hons) Early Childhood Care and Education	Institute of Technology Tralee				Ireland
B.A. (Hons) Early Childhood Education and Care - Wexford Campus	Institute of Technology Carlow - Carlow Campus and Wexford Campus				Ireland
B.A. (hons) in Early Childhood Teaching and Education	University of West Hungary, Benedek Elek College of Pedagogy				Hungary
B.A. (Hons) in Early Years	Open University				Ireland
B.A. Childcare Management	Athlone Institute of Technology				Ireland
B.A. Early Childhood Education	University Of Athens				Greece
B.A. in Early Childhood Practice	Institute of Technology Tralee				Ireland
B.A. in Early Childhood Practice (online)	Institute of Technology Tralee				Ireland
B.Ed. in Early Childhood Education	Macquarie University, Sydney				Australia
B.Ed. Primary School Pedagogics & Foreign Lang.	Plovdiv University				Bulgaria
BA Pedagogy Specialisation in Guidance and Counselling	Institute of Pedagogics and Polish Language, Walbrzych				Poland
BA (Honours) in Early Childhood Studies	Queens University Belfast				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (Hons) Advanced Study of Early Years and Education Studies	Liverpool Hope University				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (Hons) Advanced Study of Early Years with Music	Liverpool Hope University				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (Hons) Childhood studies	Liverpool John Moores University				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (Hons) Childhood Studies	Nottingham Trent University				UK (Incl. NI)