International Standard Classification of Education : fields of education and training ISCED: fields of education and training

Training for pre-school teachers is the study of the theories, methods and practice of teaching very young children up to 7 years of age within formal school settings at pre-primary or early childhood educational development levels.

Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:

• Early childhood teaching (within formal school settings)
• Pre-primary teacher training

Training in caring for children outside formal school settings is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0922 “Child care and youth services'.