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From 2006, students in Year 10 will work towards a new school qualification. It is the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE). The first QCEs will be awarded to eligible students in 2008.
To be eligible for a QCE, a student must be enrolled with a school and registered with the Queensland Studies Authority. For most students the QCE will be achieved over Years 11 and 12. Others may not achieve it until after they finish Year 12.
The total amount of learning required is at least twenty credits. This reflects an amount of learning that could be reasonably achieved by most young people over a two-year, full-time program of study in the Senior Phase of Learning.
A credit is the minimum amount of learning at the set standard that can contribute to the QCE. A credit has two elements: an amount of learning and a set standard. For example, a credit for a school subject is one semester (amount of learning) at Sound Achievement (set standard) or a credit for a Certificate II qualification is 25% (amount of learning) of the competencies (set standard).
Some learning achievements will be recorded in the Learning Account but will not be a credit because they either do not have the required amount of learning or they do not meet the set standard. For example, a Very Limited Achievement in a school subject does not meet the set standard to be a credit.
The new qualification will recognise more learning options. Students can design a program of study to match their career goals. There is more flexibility in what, where and when learning occurs. Not all the learning need take place at school. Some learning can be with a registered training provider, in a workplace or with a community group. The list of options is in the table.
The Senior Statement is an official record of all the learning achievements in a Learning Account. It details: what learning was attempted, the standard achieved and, where and when the learning took place.
The QSA will issue the Senior Statement to young people who:
- have met the requirements for the Queensland Certificate of Education, or
- are attending a school, and have banked at least one achievement in their Learning Account, and are enrolled at a school until the prescribed date at the end of Year 12, or
- have completed a pattern of study which makes them OP eligible.
The QCE complements the Governments “learning or earning” laws which mean everyone will be required to complete Year 10 at school and go on to complete a further two years of education and training.
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