..., 1999). The specification of NVQs is meant to be performed by employers within particular industrial sectors. The newer and faster growing sectors, such as multi‐media, electronics, and information technology, which have many employer organisations and information technology qualifications, pose...

...Stephen Wilkins Explains that the Sultanate of Oman is the only country in the world, other than the UK, to have adopted the national vocational qualification (NVQ) as its national system for vocational training. Assesses the extent to which centres in Oman have been successful in implementing...

.... The report comments on the lack of rigour in some of the monitoring and assessment of trainees undertaking national vocational qualifications. The council has announced a formal partnership with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, which is responsible for overseeing standards in NVQs, in order...

... The new equality-of-opportunity indicators also show that the achievement gap between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged is growing. Figures show that almost the same number of disadvantaged young people are achieving NVQs as those who are not disadvantaged. The gap between the number...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Effectiveness Learning NVQs Vocational training Books Open and Flexible Learning in Vocational Education and Training Judith Calder and Ann McCollumKogan Page1998ISBN 0 7494 2172 X£18.99 Keywords Effectiveness, Learning, NVQs...