Teacher preparation examination is a kind of teacher recruitment examination, which is issued by the local education bureau. The examination is divided into written examination and interview examination, and the entry requirements generally include academic qualifications, professional requirements, household registration requirements, age requirements and corresponding teacher qualification certificates.

Candidates who pass the teacher preparation examination belong to the staff of public institutions and enjoy the salary of public institutions. According to the requirements of local enrollment brochures, the comprehensive knowledge of pedagogy (including psychology, pedagogy, new curriculum theory, educational laws and regulations, and teachers' professional ethics) and the professional knowledge of disciplines (depending on the majors to be tested) are 120 respectively, accounting for 40% of the comprehensive knowledge of pedagogy and 60% of the professional knowledge of disciplines respectively.