The Further Education and Training Awards Council () or FETAC was a

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qualification-awarding body for

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. It was established on 11 June 2001 under the Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999. FETAC was dissolved and its functions were passed to

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(QQI) on 6 November 2012. FETAC was the successor to the National Council for Vocational Awards (NCVA) and also made awards previously made by Fáilte Ireland – National Tourism Development Authority (previously Bord Fáilte and CERT, the Council for Education, Recruitment and Training), FÁS – Training and Employment Authority, National Council for Educational Awards (Foundation Certificate only) and Teagasc – Agriculture and Food Development Authority. As well as making awards, FETAC validated, monitored and ensured the quality of teaching programmes, and determined standards. FETAC did not deliver education and training programmes itself; they were delivered by a number of bodies in both the public and private sectors. Examples of teaching bodies in the public sector were Bord Iascaigh Mhara, CERT, FÁS, Teagasc, the

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s and

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. Awards granted by FETAC were included in the ten-level

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established by the

National Qualifications Authority of Ireland The National Qualifications Authority of Ireland or NQAI (''Údarás Náisiúnta Cáilíochtaí na hÉireann'' in Irish) was set up in 2001 under the Qualifications (Education & Training) Act, 1999 to develop and promote the implementation of a Na ...

. FETAC awards fell into levels 1 – 6 of the framework.

References

External links

Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), official site of FETAC's successor agency

Unofficial FETAC site
{{Authority control Education in the Republic of Ireland 2001 establishments in Ireland

See also

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