Explanatory note

These Regulations make further amendments to the Education(Teachers) Regulations 1989, as amended by the Education (Teachers)(Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1989 and the Education (Teachers)(Amendment) Regulations 1990.

Regulation 13 has been amended and a new Schedule 4A inserted toprovide for the grant of authorizations to teach to overseas trainedteachers possessing certain academic and other qualifications. Overseastrained teachers may become qualified teachers after satisfactorycompletion of training and a minimum of one term’s service by virtue ofa new sub-paragraph (iv) inserted in Schedule 5 paragraph 2(2)(c).

The minimum age for licensed teachers has been reduced from 26 to24. (Schedule 4 paragraph 5(1)(d)(i) and Schedule 5 paragraph2(2)(c)(ii).)

Schedule 5 paragraph 2(2)(c)(ii) has further been amended so thatservice as an instructor under paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 may be takeninto account for the purposes of a recommendation for qualified teacherstatus.