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08/03/2004
CCEA seek exam help
Northern Ireland’s exams body, the Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) is this week embarking on a recruitment drive to encourage more people in the educational community to become involved in the process of setting and marking exams.
It is hoped that the drive will encourage more people to help the CCEA to complete more than half a million GCSE and A level examination papers.
CCEA Processing Manager Martin Quinn said: "In recent year’s we’ve introduced a range of new qualifications and specifications. We’ve also been successful in attracting more students to sit our existing examinations - in 2003 we experienced a rise of 25% in GCSE entries alone. While this is positive news for the organisation, it also means we must work harder than ever to ensure we maintain our pool of suitably qualified examiners.
"Examiners joining CCEA will become part of a team of highly professional subject specialists with a unique insight into the examining process. These insights can, in turn, be used to real benefit in the classroom in helping students study and prepare for exams. Full training and support is provided and there is of course the opportunity to earn extra money."
Anyone interested in the process is asked to contact CCEA on 028 9026 1243 or 9026 1294, or visit www.ccea.org.uk and click on 'Examining with CCEA'.
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It is hoped that the drive will encourage more people to help the CCEA to complete more than half a million GCSE and A level examination papers.
CCEA Processing Manager Martin Quinn said: "In recent year’s we’ve introduced a range of new qualifications and specifications. We’ve also been successful in attracting more students to sit our existing examinations - in 2003 we experienced a rise of 25% in GCSE entries alone. While this is positive news for the organisation, it also means we must work harder than ever to ensure we maintain our pool of suitably qualified examiners.
"Examiners joining CCEA will become part of a team of highly professional subject specialists with a unique insight into the examining process. These insights can, in turn, be used to real benefit in the classroom in helping students study and prepare for exams. Full training and support is provided and there is of course the opportunity to earn extra money."
Anyone interested in the process is asked to contact CCEA on 028 9026 1243 or 9026 1294, or visit www.ccea.org.uk and click on 'Examining with CCEA'.
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