Publication of Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill, 2011
The NQAI, FETAC, HETAC and IUQB today, welcome the publication of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training ) Bill, 2011. The legislation provides for a new single national agency, Qualifications and Quality Assurance Ireland (QQAI), replacing FETAC, HETAC, NQAI and IUQB. It is anticipated that QQAI will be established in 2012. View the full Bill here.
Alternatively main elements of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 can be viewed here.
Dr. Padraig Walsh, Chief Executive Designate said, ”This legislation will amalgamate the existing national qualifications and quality assurance bodies for learners into one new agency. QQAI will be responsible for a wide range of functions, and will provide a more integrated, efficient and coherent range of services to learners across the further and higher education and training sectors to the highest international standards.”
QQAI will be responsible for building on Ireland’s reputation for quality in education and training and will be strongly positioned to highlight and promote best practice throughout the educational and training system. The National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) will be further developed by QQAI, which will in time lead to greater opportunities for learners. The currency of all awards on the Framework remains guaranteed.
Dr. Walsh looks ‘forward, over the coming months and years, to building QQAI into an organisation serving learners and the public; building on the many achievements of the individual agencies and united by the National Framework of Qualifications.”
The NQAI looks forward to the amalgamation and working with our stakeholders in building on the work to date and in the performance of the functions of the new amalgamated body.
