Qualifications Recognised by the Secretary for Education For the Purposes of the Education (Early Childhood Centres) Regulations 1998 Pursuant to regulation 38 (1) of the Education (Early Childhood Centres) Regulations 1998, the Secretary for Education recognises, for the purposes of those regulations, the following qualifications: National Diploma of Teaching (ece). Bachelor of Education (Teaching) (ece). This notice shall come into force on the 1st day of March 1999. Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of February 1999. HOWARD FANCY, Secretary for Education.