Training in the art and practice of teaching is provided by the Education Department in the several teacher training colleges managed by education boards. The universities have no direct concern with these, but each university has an organised faculty of education and each provides a course for a university Diploma in Education.

A candidate for a Diploma in Education must be a graduate or the holder of a diploma or other qualification approved for the purpose, and must pass in prescribed professional subjects, carry out an original investigation or special study on an approved topic, and have been engaged for at least two years at full-time work in the practice of teaching or in educational work of a related character.