Is it legal for private kindergartens to employ teachers without teacher qualification certificates?

According to Article 10 of the Teachers Law, the state implements a teacher qualification system. China citizens who abide by the Constitution and laws, love the cause of education, have good ideological and moral character, have the academic qualifications stipulated in this Law or have passed the national teacher qualification examination, have teaching ability, and can obtain teacher qualification after being recognized as qualified.

The qualifications of primary and secondary school teachers shall be recognized by the education administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level. The qualifications of teachers in secondary specialized schools and technical schools shall be recognized by the education administrative departments of local people's governments at or above the county level. The qualifications of teachers in ordinary institutions of higher learning are recognized by the education administrative departments of the State Council or provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government or the schools entrusted by them.

Extended data:

The relevant requirements for hiring teachers stipulate that:

1. Schools or other educational institutions shall assess teachers' political ideology, professional level, work attitude and performance. The administrative department of education shall guide and supervise the assessment of teachers.

2. Local people's governments at all levels and relevant departments of the State Council give priority and preferential treatment to the construction, lease and sale of urban teachers' housing. The people's governments at the county and township levels shall provide convenience for rural primary and secondary school teachers to solve the housing problem.

People's governments at all levels should take measures to improve the treatment of primary and secondary school teachers who are subsidized by the state and collectively paid wages, and gradually realize equal pay for equal work with teachers who are paid by the state. Specific measures shall be formulated by local people's governments at all levels according to the actual situation in the region.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China People's Teacher Law