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Subject:    RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] gnvq TT et al
From:       "Kyle Williamson" <kyle () solented ! co ! uk>
Date:       2003-02-16 17:42:53
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Apparentley the GNVQ wont exist after June (and the resists in Jan)


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Kind Regards,

Kyle Williamson
Solent Educational Limited

Tel: (023) 80 843189 Fax: (023) 80 848715
http://www.solented.co.uk/

-----Original Message-----
From: ian [mailto:ian.lynch2@ntlworld.com]
Sent: 11 February 2003 10:11
To: 'SuSE Linux UK Schools '
Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] gnvq TT et al


> On Tuesday 11 February 2003 9:04 am, Chris Puttick wrote:
> > Call me silly, but howabout he gets together with a few other
schools (and
> > Ian!) to create an Star/OOo equivalent. If he adds up the costs of
MS
> > Windows, Office and Publisher plus the outrageous charge by Thomas
Telford
> > (that created by public money should remain public!),
> Agreed! This annoyed me every bit as much as the MS bit!
> Count me in.

We already have a start with www.theINGOTs.org. I have just mailed EAZs
to offer them the certification for the Bronze Ingot as sponsorship.
This will pull £3 into the zone for each pupil certificated. I have a
number of specialist schools who have built INGOT certification into
their development plans and I am currently talking to Anglia Polytec Uni
about jointly training teacher assessors. If I can get say 100,000
people certificated and we get sufficient credibility, many in the Zone
schools will carry on with it and I will have an income stream that can
be used for free software development and further development of things
like GNVQ support materials. This is going to take some time but I
really need as many people taking up INGOTs as possible as soon as
possible. The Bronze is easy, its effectively just accrediting skills
that good primary schools will be doing anyway and its available to all
the age and ability range.

At the moment, getting the GNVQ assignments together is something I
haven't time to do but I should think that there are plenty of schools
out there with the materials. We just need to find them and them put the
materials together with instructions on the web site and make it free. I
reckon there is sufficient income from Teacher training and associated
merchandising for us to operate this commercially but to make all the
materials fee and put the certification revenues into free software.
Unfortunately I have to do the day job too.

Phil, why are they going down the GNVQ route? The government will be
phasing out GNVQs for schools replacing it with VGCSE. If they simply
want all kids certificated in ICT, get them to do theINGOTs. It will be
much less expensive and much less hassle for teachers and lets face it
how many kids got employed on the basis of a GNVQ Int in IT?


Regards,

--
Ian






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