What Qualifications Do I Need To Become A Teacher?

The qualifications needed to become a teacher at the school level require a basic graduation degree in the subject one wants to teach or a diploma along with a teacher qualification course or exam as the case might be as the specific qualifications that one may need may be different in different countries. The school itself more often than not conducts its own training program for short listed candidates who then may be hired on a temporary basis before being confirmed for a permanent post.

To become a teacher at the college level one needs to have completed one's post graduation studies along with passing the requisite qualification exams as the case may be, prescribed by the University to which the college may be affiliated. As in the schools, one is on probation for a certain period during which one's performance is evaluated after which one is confirmed as a permanent lecturer in the department; often research students are directly inducted as lecturers after completing their thesis.

To state a few universal pre-requisite qualifications one should have a good academic record throughout one's education as top grades would ensure better chances but also equally important would be your communication skills; so vital in the teaching profession as well as your ability to get along with people and of course loads of patience. Often good teachers are those who enjoy the process of teaching and interacting with students and have an intuitive knowledge base of the subject that they teach.

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Ii am in year 8 at the moment in my school. We take our GCSE choices at the end of year 8. i want to be a primary school teacher. I already know that I have to have English, science and maths. What I want to know is whether it will it be necessary to take double science.

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Hi im in year 11 now and i would also like to be a primary school teacher. from what i have heard it doesnt sound as though taking double science is neccissary. do remember its when you are choosing your a-levles that all this matters but i would advise trying your best at your gcse's as they give you the options for your a-levles. good luck

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