Career Options after the Leaving Certificate
1. Higher r Educatio ion-University, Colleges of Education or IT 2. Further er Educatio ion-Post st Leaving Cert (PLC) College 3. Specific Training ing Program ammes es e.g. Garda or Army (not recruiting at the moment/2014 approx?)
4. Apprent enticeship iceship training ing (limited number available) 5. “Straight -int into-a- job” 6. Other....
In the current economic uncertainty, this is the most likely option for the majority of leaving cert students
This means going to a third level college to study a course in a University or in an Institute of Technology (IT) Further Education This means going to a Post Leaving Cert College (PLC) to study a course
-Level of Qualification -Length of Course -Minim nimum um Entry Require iremen ents
An Awarding Body is a body which gives an award to recognise one’s learning. This is then their qualification…. School: The State Examinations Commission (SEC) is the Awarding Body for the Junior Cert & Leaving Cert….
Further Education: FETAC is the awarding body for further education from NFQ Level 1 to NFQ Level 6….can you name the award-types awarded by FETAC?
HETAC is the awarding body for some Institutes of Technology (IoT) Some have permission from HETAC to award themselves Generally Universities have authority to give their own awards
The National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) is a system of 10 levels used to describe the Irish qualifications system and to recognise people’s learning - including yours!...It was introduced in 2003. The NFQ includes learning from the most basic level (NFQ Level 1) to the most advanced (NFQ Level 10). Learning is gained in lots of places - schools, the workplace, the community, training centres or colleges and universities!
Each ch college has its own basic c mini nimum mum entry y (matricu culati ation) n) requi quireme ement nts, without which one will not gain entry to a University, IT or PLC College In addition n many y courses ses requir uire particula ular grades des in certai ain n subjec jects.
e.g. g. UCD six subjects, minimum of two HCs ; pass in English , Irish and a third d langu guage ge essential for all faculties (some exemptions); Maths essential for all faculties except law, social science and arts (apart from computer science DN050);
scien ence ,architec tectu ture, agricultu ture, e, engi ginee eering, g, medical (nursing, g, medicine, physiothe otherapy, y, radiogr ography phy etc.) and technical (IT) faculti ties. es. High gher er Level el Maths essenti tial for some courses. es. Ordinary level el Math ths is the norm for most other ers. Founda dati tion on level el Maths may be accept pted ed for some courses in ITs but will not be accepted d for entr try into Unive versity. ty.
e.g. g. Blanchards dstown town IT IT For cert/diploma diplomas , minimum of a pass in five subjec ects in the Leaving Cert, to include Maths and English or Irish, or an equivalent qualification.
six subjects, minimum of two HCs, some require more pass in maths and English or Irish essential.
It is the students’ responsibility to check with the colleges’ prospect spectus us to ensure re that they have e the minimum um entry requirement uirements s for a partic icular ular course se in a partic icular ular higher r or further her educatio ion n colleg ege
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