Press Release
Date: Tues 15 February 2005 (NR/05/05)
EXAMS BODY CALLS ON NEW RECRUITS
Northern Irelands exams body, CCEA, today launched its biggest ever recruitment campaign to encourage teachers and other suitably qualified individuals to join its team of professional markers and examiners.
The move is part of a major investment initiative aimed at bringing Northern Ireland ’s exam system into the 21 st century.
“We’re calling on teachers or other suitably qualified individuals to come and join our team of exam specialists. They will receive excellent training, gain insight into what it takes to get the top grades and be able to earn additional money as well, said CCEA spokesperson, Martin Quinn .
He continued:
Few people appreciate the sheer scale of the operation that takes place each summer to ensure Northern Ireland ’s students receive their grades in August. Over just eight weeks CCEA examiners and markers process three quarters of a million scripts and finalise close to a quarter of a million grades.
This is a mammoth task requiring great dedication and is carried out to the highest levels of professionalism. In recognition of this work and essential role they play CCEA has now increased the fees paid to examiners and markers.”
For more information on becoming an examiner, marker or moderator with CCEA, please visit the CCEA website on www,ccea.org.uk. Alternatively call Paula Loughran at CCEA on 028 9026 1243 or email ploughran@ccea.org.uk.
The Northern Ireland Examinations Modernisation Project
CCEA has secured funding from the Department of Education to implement an examinations modernisation process in Northern Ireland .
The project will involve two phases over a three year period:
Phase 1:
- Focus on examiner recruitment and retention and the training and support of Exams Officers in schools.
- Creation of a ‘Convergence Blueprint’ to ensure that centres obtaining services from several Awarding Bodies will find it no more difficult than dealing with only one.
Phase 2:
- Focus on the development on ICT in the script-handling process in order to ensure maximum efficiency in the examining system.
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.
