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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
Laurea in Training of Nursey and Primary School Teachers	Free University of Bozen-Bolzano				Italy
Bachelor's Degree (Hons) in Pedagogy, Nursery School Teaching	University of Debrecen				Hungary
Bachelor Degree, Teacher of Pedagogy	University of Szeged				Hungary
BA (Hons) Foiskolai Oklevel	West Hungarian University, Benedek Elek				Hungary
B.A. (hons) in Early Childhood Teaching and Education	University of West Hungary, Benedek Elek College of Pedagogy				Hungary
Honours Degree in Nursery School Teaching	Eötvös Loránd University				Hungary
Oklevel Pedagogy and Public Education Management & Pedagogy	Comenius Teacher Training College, University of Miskolc				Hungary
B.A. Early Childhood Education	University Of Athens				Greece
Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education	Technological Educational Institute of Athens				Greece
Ptychio in Early Childhood Care and Education (Hons Degree)	Alexandreio Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki				Greece
Diploma, Staatliche anerkannte Erzieherin	Catholic School of Social Education, Saarbrucken, Germany				Germany
BSc in child psychology and social science	University of Social Paedagogik, Hamburg.				Germany
State Recognised Childcare Worker	Specialist Academy for Social Education, Marienheim Lindau, Augsburg				Germany
Abschlusszeugnis Pre School Education	Justus-von-Liebig-Schule Göppingen				Germany
BA in Early Childhood Education	Helsinki Kindergarten college				Finland
Graduation Certificate, Pre- and Extra - Curricular Education (Vysv?d?ení o maturitní zkoušce, P?edškolní a mimoškolní pedagogika)	Secondary Grammar and Vocational Pedagogical School, Znojmo				Czech Republic
Master’s in Primary School Teaching	Faculty of Pedagogy, Ostrava University, Czech Republic				Czech Republic
Bachelor's Degree in Preschool Teaching (Diploma Odgojitelji Predškolske Djece)	University of Zagreb				Croatia
Preschool Education	Andrés Bello National University				Chile
BA in Early Childhood Studies	Ryerson University, Toronto				Canada
Diploma in Early Childhood Education	Canada Durham College				Canada
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies, with a Primary Teaching Credential	California State University, Long Beach, USA				USA
Diploma Bakalavar in Special Pedagogy: Pedagogue, Teacher in Special Schools	Sofia University (St. Kliment Ohridski) Faculty of Preschool and Primary Education				Bulgaria
Higher Education Diploma in Pre-school Pedagogy	Sofia University (St. Kliment Ohridski) Faculty of Preschool and Primary Education				Bulgaria
Pedagogue Master's degree / major in Preschool and Primary School Pedagogy Professional Qualification	Sophia University				Bulgaria
B.Ed. Primary School Pedagogics & Foreign Lang.	Plovdiv University				Bulgaria
Főiskolai Oklevél (Preschool teacher)	Budapesti Tanítóképzô Főiskola				Hungary
Licenciatura Plena en Pedagogia (Honours BA Teaching)	Faculdade Frassinetti Do Recife				Brazil
BA Hons in Pre School Teaching	Institut Superieur de Pedagogie (Haute Ecole) Galilee				Belgium
Master’s in Pedagogy (Childcare and Education)	Catholic University in Leuven				Belgium
Graduate Diploma of Education (Early Childhood Studies)	Edith Cowan University, Western Australia				Australia
Diploma of Children's Service (CHC50908 Early Childhood Education and Care)	Pragmatic Training, Victoria, AU				Australia
BA in Early Childhood Teaching	University of Western Sydney				Australia
B.Ed. in Early Childhood Education	Macquarie University, Sydney				Australia
Diploma in Infant Teaching	Catholic Teachers College, Sydney, Australia				Australia
Profesora Educacion Inicial (Elementary Education Teacher)	Instituto Superior de Profesorado de Education, Buenos Aires				Argentina
Bachelor of Education (Hons) in Primary Education	University of Strathclyde				UK (Incl. NI)
Higher National Diploma in Early Childhood Studies	University of Worcester				UK (Incl. NI)
Bachelor of Arts (Hons)in Early Childhood Studies	University of Worcester				UK (Incl. NI)
Master of Education in Special Education (Autism in Children)	University of Birmingham				UK (Incl. NI)
Postgraduate Certificate in Early Years Pedagogue	University of Strathclyde				UK (Incl. NI)