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  2. Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment

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    The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (CCEA) is an awarding body in Northern Ireland. [3] It develops and delivers qualifications, including GCSEs, AS, and A Levels, and provides curriculum support and assessments for schools. CCEA is a non-departmental public body and regulator, approving and monitoring Awarding ...

  3. Northern Ireland Curriculum - Wikipedia

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    Teachers opposed this prescriptive move. The first curriculum review took place in 1998–1999 in England and 2000–2004 in Northern Ireland, with a further review in Northern Ireland in 2010. [2] The 1988 curriculum was rigidly defined by subject, prescribing both the content and the pedagogy, and had neither teacher input nor testing.

  4. Education in Northern Ireland - Wikipedia

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    At age 11, on entering secondary education, all pupils study a broad base of subjects from the nine 'Areas of Learning': [8] [9] Language and Literacy, Mathematics and Numeracy, Modern Languages, The Arts, Environment and Society, Science and Technology, Learning for Life and Work, Physical Education, and Religious Education.

  5. NCFE (charity) - Wikipedia

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    NCFE (formerly the Northern Council for Further Education) is an awarding organisation and registered educational charity providing qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. [1] NCFE is regulated by Ofqual in England, and recognised by Qualifications Wales [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment in ...

  6. Key Skills Qualification - Wikipedia

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    The Key Skills Qualification is a frequently required component of 14-20 education in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.The aim of Key Skills is to encourage learners to develop and demonstrate their skills as well as learn how to select and apply skills in ways that are appropriate to their particular context.

  7. Academic grading in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    In Northern Ireland, a new grade C* was introduced in 2019 to line up with the English grade 5. In both systems, work below the grade G or 1 standard is denoted as 'Unclassified' (U). For comparison purposes, a grade C is considered equivalent to a 4, and an A is equivalent to a 7, and an 8 is equivalent roughly to an A*.

  8. Department of Education (Northern Ireland) - Wikipedia

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    The department's overall vision is "to ensure that every learner fulfils her or his potential at each stage of development". Its key stated priorities are: raising Standards for all; closing the performance gap, increasing access and equality; developing the education workforce; improving the "learning environment"; and transforming education management.

  9. National Grid for Learning - Wikipedia

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    The National Grid for Learning (NGfL) was a UK government-funded gateway to educational resources on the Internet. It provided a curated collection of links to resources and materials of high quality. The NGfL was established to support schools in England, while separate grids were created for schools in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.