But the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) says fewer appeals resulted in changed grades.
Further up the road, another education quango, the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency, is also being abolished.
The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency faces efficiency savings - and its long-term future will be decided later this year.
Recommendations for national capacity development on training and re-training personnel for quality ECCE (policy, systems, scientific research, innovations and curriculum development) will be developed.
It also abolishes a number of education quangos, including the the QCDA (Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency), which Mr Blunkett described as "very worrying factor".
Haiti can count on UNESCO in all its actions, whether it is capacity building or improving the quality of education through teacher training and curriculum development.
I'd been happily working for the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) for just over two years when, at 15:00 on 27 May 2010, a hastily arranged staff briefing was held in our shiny new offices.
Participants commented on the workshop as allowing them an opportunity to learn a wide range of concepts and issues involving international comparative perspective inclusive curricula, inclusive schooling, processes of curriculum design and development, and curriculum framework and textbook development scenarios of different countries.
The Project provides technical assistance to develop skills in curriculum development and curriculum assessment, thereby increasing the value added of the new curriculum in terms of impact on students' knowledge acquisition and their achievement.
Cariscience coordinates exchanges between researchers, teachers and students, organizes joint research projects and regional courses, supports curriculum development and the training of science teachers.
The Diploma courses respond to a real need, identified by IBE and UNESCO Regional Offices, namely to enhance the capacities of ministry of education officials and specialists in curriculum design and development.
Provide technical assistance and advice to, and training of, national teams responsible for curriculum change and development processes, in the context of national curriculum making, implementation, monitoring and evaluation processes through the use of diversified content and promotion of unversally shared values and with an expanded vision of educational quality and innovation.
But according to Liu Jian of the ministry's National Centre for School Curriculum and Textbook Development, employers from a variety of enterprises said they wanted a quicker timetable.
As a result of the devolution of a number of tasks relating to education the relevant authorities of Provincial Departments of Education are in need of technical assistance for capacity building in the areas of curriculum and textbook development.
Though schools try to utilize teachers as mentors more and more often these days, compensating teachers for long term investments in curriculum development and alignment is still fairly rare (though to be fair, it seems to be on the increase as well, from what I can tell anecdotally).
Funded by the Office of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned, First Lady of Qatar and UNESCO special envoy for Basic and Higher education, the Curriculum Development project aims to contribute to modernization and reconciliation in Iraqi society by reformulating the Iraqi school curriculum and textbooks.
Other education programmes include the nationwide Metrobank Math Challenge, the national College Scholarship Programme and an educational grants programme to fund construction of school buildings, curriculum development, and teacher training, among others.
Sweden has made mandatory by law and national curriculum the teaching and learning of sustainable development at various levels within the education system.
In Iraq, UNESCO is supporting the two Ministries of Education in planning, curriculum revision and material development, as well as mobilizing and building the capacity of civil society organizations who are delivering much of the literacy programming.
Most of the people who teach at BGI move on within a few years, so the wheel for most course sequences is reinvented all the time, which implies huge adjustment and faculty-training costs and little continuity in curriculum development.
How does the vision take into account the level of the ICT infrastructure development in the country, the availability of unified ICT-based information-educational environment, the approaches to curriculum development and the diversity of educational settings, and the ICT competencies of teachers and learners, and educational staff?
And, we are launching a Center for Social Responsibility in Entertainment and Performing Arts as a hub for research, curriculum development, distinguished visiting artists and public programming.
The revision and development of the curriculum is one among four main strategic effort of ICHAD to promote and deliver a more comprehensive and quality HIV and Sexuality Education.
The strategy focuses on teacher development, curriculum and student assessment, inclusive education, and technical and vocational training.
The aim was "to provide a perspective on business and career development that lies totally outside the established MBA curriculum, confronting prejudices about creativity and providing innovative methodologies developed to channel creativity to 'stretch the walls of the elastic-sided box', that can be successfully applied to any industry, to generate momentous ideas, " according to Kevin Roberts, Saatchi and Saatchi's worldwide CEO.
The involvement of stakeholders (including and especially teachers), in the development of the written curriculum is of paramount importance for ensuring ownership and sustainability of curriculum processes.
The report says that the Nepal experience highlights the question of whether primary textbook-driven curriculum development can meet the skills and dispositional learning outcome ambitions of DRR Education.
The main goal of this UNESCO initiative is to implement innovative, sustainable and accredited capacity development programmes in the field of curriculum.
Under the umbrella of the UNESCO-Microsoft Task Force on Higher Education and ICT and through the Microsoft Education Alliance, Microsoft will provide a tailored package of resources for short-term higher education enhancements, including curriculum, training and affordable access to collaboration and development software.
Classrooms and labs for K-12 and higher education should have modern, rock-solid technology, but it needs to be coupled with effective professional development, sound teaching strategies and a rigorous curriculum.
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