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Career Options after the Leaving Certificate 1. Higher r Educatio - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Career Options after the Leaving Certificate 1. Higher r Educatio - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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
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4. Apprent
enticeship iceship training ing (limited number available)
5. “Straight-int
into-a-job”
6. Other....
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In the current economic
uncertainty, this is the most likely option for the majority of leaving cert students
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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
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- Level of Qualification
- Length of Course
- Minim
nimum um Entry Require iremen ents
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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….
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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?
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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
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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!
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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.
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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);
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scien
ence ,architec tectu ture, agricultu ture, e, engi ginee eering, g, medical (nursing, g, medicine, physiothe
- therapy,
y, radiogr
- graphy
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
- n 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.
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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.
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six subjects, minimum of two HCs, some require more pass in maths and English or Irish essential.
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