certificate
noun
a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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It would seem that full local control was given except in the matter of certificating teachers and regulating the government grant.
From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by J. Harold Putnam