RESULTS
SECTION I: OVERALL PROVISION OF CERTIFICATION PROGRAMMES
The most popular certification programme to be provided in VEC YOUTHREACH centres, Community Training Workshops and Senior Traveller Training Centres in the year 1999-2000 were modules towards NCVA (National Council for Vocational Awards) certification, with 80% of centres who responded to the present survey providing modules towards this certification. 35% of centres provide the subjects from the Junior Certificate Programme, 21% provide the Leaving Certificate Applied and 11% provide subjects from the traditional Leaving Certificate Programme.
Table 1.1 below shows the combination of programmes provided by centres.
Table 1.1. Certification Programmes Provided by Centres
Base: 104 centres who responded to the survey
|
Number of Centres |
Percentage of Total Centres |
NCVA |
83 |
80% |
NCVA + Junior Certificate |
24 |
23% |
NCVA + LCA |
19 |
18% |
NCVA + Leaving Cert Trad |
10 |
10% |
Junior Certificate |
36 |
35% |
Junior Certificate + NCVA |
24 |
23% |
Junior Certificate + LCA |
4 |
4% |
Junior Certificate + Leaving Cert trad |
9 |
9% |
Leaving Certificate Applied |
22 |
21% |
LCA + Junior Certificate |
4 |
4% |
LCA + Leaving Certificate trad |
2 |
2% |
LCA + NCVA |
19 |
18% |
Leaving Certificate |
11 |
11% |
Leaving Cert + NCVA |
10 |
10% |
Leaving Cert + Junior Certificate |
9 |
9% |
Leaving Certificate + LCA |
2 |
2% |