Different educational requirements
Middle school teacher qualification certificate requires bachelor degree or above, while primary school teacher qualification certificate only requires junior college degree or above. If you want to apply for the qualification certificate of middle school teachers, you need to have a higher education.
There are differences in exam subjects.
Middle school teachers' qualification examination subjects include comprehensive quality, educational knowledge and ability, subject knowledge and ability, Putonghua test and interview, while primary school teachers' qualification examination subjects include comprehensive quality, educational knowledge and ability, Putonghua test and interview. The interview subjects of middle school teachers' qualification certificate are decided by written examination, and the interview subjects of primary school teachers' qualification certificate are decided by interview examination.
Different compatibility
Candidates with middle school teacher qualification certificates can work as middle school or primary school teachers, and primary school teacher qualification certificates can only work as primary school teachers.