Press Release
Date: Wed 11May 2005 (NR/11/05)
GCSE examination goes ahead as scheduled, says CCEA
Northern Ireland's examinations body, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) has issued guidance to schools and colleges regarding the CCEA GCSE Single Award Science examination taking place on Friday 13 May 2005. This guidance, issued last Friday, is in response to the recent announcement that NIPSA and Unison members in Education and Library Boards will take strike action on that day.
In a fax message sent to the principals of all schools and colleges CCEA confirmed that this Friday’s examination should go ahead as scheduled.
Examinations and Assessment Manager at CCEA Martin Quinn said:
“3,291 students at 118 examination centres are due to take this Friday’s Single Award Science examination. It is essential that these young people are not disrupted or distracted in any way.
As soon as Friday’s industrial action was confirmed we reviewed a range of options for this examination and other GCSE moderation activity taking place on 13 May. We’ve concluded that examination and moderation activities should go ahead as scheduled. This has been communicated to schools and colleges.
From the feedback we’ve had from schools and colleges this week, it is clear that they too want these important examinations to go ahead as normal.
CCEA GCSE Examination and Moderation Activity Friday 13 May 2005
- CCEA GCSE Science Single Award Module – Light Forces and Energy, 1.45 – 2.30 pm - this examination is due to be sat by 3,261 candidates at 118 centres.
- CCEA GCSE Visiting Moderators – On Friday 13 May 27 CCEA moderators are due to visit 50 schools and colleges to assess coursework samples in Art and Design.
Media enquiries to Ruth Maguire on (028) 9026 1216, Mobile 07796947993. E mail rhmaguire@ccea.org.uk
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Note to Editors
CCEA is the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.
CCEA places learners and those who have a concern for their educational and personal development at the forefront of its thinking. CCEA's mission is:
"To enable the full potential of all learners to be achieved and recognised"
What we do
CCEA is a unique educational body in the UK , bringing together the three areas of curriculum, examinations and assessment.
Advising Government – on what should be taught in Northern Ireland ’s schools and colleges.
Monitoring Standards – ensuring that the qualifications and examinations offered by awarding bodies in Northern Ireland are of an appropriate quality and standard.
Awarding Qualifications
– as Northern Ireland’s leading awarding body we offer a diverse range of qualifications, such as GCSEs, including the new GCSE Double Award specifications in vocational subjects, GCE A and AS levels, Entry Level Qualifications, and Graded Objectives in Modern Languages.
- CCEA also offers a range of Awards and Certificates in Education, Training and Skills (ACETS) targeted at learners who want to get
the knowledge, understanding and skills needed
to hit the ground running in the world of work.
