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The UK ENIC (European Network of Information Centres) uses a 16-level "band framework" in its evaluation of foreign qualifications to identify comparable British qualifications. UK ENIC issues statements of comparability and certificates based on these bands, which are designed to be precise enough to distinguish between different international ...
A General National Vocational Qualification, or GNVQ, is a certificate of vocational education in the United Kingdom. The last GNVQs were awarded in 2007. The qualifications relate to occupational areas in general, rather than a specific job. They could be taken in a wide range of subjects.
This qualification should not be confused with the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education which is a school-leaving qualification in India. [1] Also, in some African and former British colonial countries (such as, Kenya) there is a qualification named the Certificate of Secondary Education based on the original and former British variant. [2]
The current national qualifications frameworks in the UK are: England: Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) for general and vocational qualifications regulated by Ofqual; Northern Ireland: Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) Wales: Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW) for all qualifications.
The title of each qualification within this framework contains details of the size (award/certificate/diploma), level of difficulty (Entry to Level 8) and the general content of the qualification. The QCF is a national framework, referenced to the European Qualifications Framework (EQF). The EQF is a meta-framework intended as a reference so ...
There are four forms of regulated profession in the UK, with respect to the European directives on professional qualifications: professions regulated by law or public authority; professions regulated by professional bodies incorporated by royal charter; professions regulated under Regulation 35; and the seven sectoral professions with harmonised training requirements across the European Union. [5]
The qualification was amended in response to perceived needs, leading to the launch in September 1988 of the CTEFLA (the Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults). By 1996, the CTEFLA became the RSA/Cambridge CELTA and in 2001 it was known simply as Cambridge CELTA.
An Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) is a vocational further education qualification in the United Kingdom, awarded by BTEC. It is at Level 3, equivalent to A Levels. [ 1 ] The qualification was introduced in 1921.