I think that untrusted means that they aren't signed by an already trusted organization. But since you're receiving them direct from the school, that shouldn't be a concern.
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Certificates are generally more secure than passwords. You could either ask the school IT to provide a proper certificate which is trusted by your smartphone or only use their provided certificate for the single connection on Linux. This can be done easily with NetworkManager.
Which concerns exactly do you have with certificates? The 'untrusted' thing is because the Certificate Authority isn't in your root trust store. It's probably self signed. To get a certificate signed by a big CA, you'd have to pay money to them which might be unnecessary if the school can do their own CA properly.
Most larger universities I’ve been to do this as well. You don’t really need to worry.