4.—(1) A course shall be of such duration as the Secretary of State after consultation with the Council may determine and different durations may be determined for different courses.
(2) A course shall be approved as regards its content and nature by the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Council(1).
(3) Approval under paragraph (2) shall have effect for such period as the Secretary of State may determine and may be withdrawn by him after consultation with the Council.
(4) Approval under paragraph (2) may be given for the purpose of award of any one of the three categories of teaching qualification specified in regulation 5(1) and in the case of a Teaching Qualification (Secondary Education) or a Teaching Qualification (Further Education) may be given for the purpose of award of a qualification to teach a particular subject or subjects.
(5) Such part of a course as consists of instruction in the theory, methods and practice of teaching shall be taught only by registered teachers, except where–
(a)it is taught by a person who was not a registered teacher when appointed to a teaching post before 1st September 1986, has remained in a teaching post since that date, and has not at any time since that date been a registered teacher;
(b)it is taught by a person appointed to a teaching post in accordance with regulation 25(5) of the Colleges of Education (Scotland) Regulations 1987(2); or
(c)the governing body with consent of the Council determine in a particular case that teaching by a person who is not a registered teacher is appropriate.
(6) In paragraph (5)–
“registered teacher” means a person registered other than provisionally in the category of primary or secondary education by the Council under section 6 of the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965 and, in relation to a course intended to lead to the award of a Teaching Qualification (Further Education), includes also a person so registered in the category of further education; and
“teaching post” means a post in (before 16th May 1992) a college of education or (on and after 16th May 1992) a relevant institution being a post the duties of which include instruction of persons engaged in a course of training to be a teacher or a course of further training for teachers.
The Secretary of State’s present general policy as to the content and nature of courses leading to a Teaching Qualification (Primary Education) or a Teaching Qualification (Secondary Education) is contained in “Guidelines for Teaching Training Courses” published by the Scottish Office Education Department in January 1993. These Guidelines are revised from time to time. They are available on request from the Department at New St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh.
S.I. 1987/309.