OG - Other General Qualification
For information on the approval of qualifications for funding in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, see the links to DCSF, DIUS, DCELLS, DELNI and DENI below.
When undertaking a qualification that does not appear on the governments' lists as eligible for funding for specific age ranges, users must be aware of legal requirements. Not all qualifications are suitable for all age ranges.
The Certificate in Personal Effectiveness provides opportunities for progression to Wider Key Skills. It also uses the national Wider Key Skills unit specifications as part of the basis for assessment alongside other criteria. Candidates are expected to provide evidence of demonstrating performance at the appropriate level, providing a minimum of one example for each of the Wider Key Skills. This achievement is assessed and externally moderated by teachers. Progression is therefore possible, and encouraged, towards achievement of full Wider Key Skills Certification, quality assured to Regulatory requirements, as determined following the Key Skills review. The qualification, through the curriculum content, but in particular the development of generic personal, learning and thinking skills, also provides the opportunity to generate evidence for, and therefore progression to, other qualifications such as the Key Skills of Communication and Information Technology. The generic skills facilitate lifelong learning, are transferable and support access to, and success in, HE and employment.
The portfolios are initially assessed by the teacher/tutor in the centre. The centre co-ordinator is required to complete a declaration of internal standardisation - this is to ensure that portfolios submitted for moderation have been reviewed by others in the centre. There is then a process of Consortium Moderation at which teachers/tutors from different centres working under the supervision of a senior moderator team independently review assessments to confirm standards. CCEA then deploys the senior moderator team to finally review samples submitted for external moderation. A process of benchmarking then ensues to ensure comparability with the shared ASDAN qualification.