Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012
Database.
79.— (1) The Authority shall establish and maintain a database providing information on—
F71[(a) awards that are awards included within the Framework,
(b) programmes of education and training which lead to awards that are awards included within the Framework, other than post-primary schooling leading to the sitting of the Junior Certificate or Leaving Certificate examination or any examination prescribed under section 50(2) of the Education Act 1998, and]
(c) any other programmes the Authority thinks appropriate.
(2) The database shall include the following information:
(a) F71[in relation to an award that is an award included within the Framework]—
(i) the name of the award,
(ii) the awarding body, or where appropriate, awarding bodies making the award,
F71[(iii) the level at which the award is included within the Framework for the time being, and
(iv) the award type and class of award as identified within the Framework for the time being;]
(b) in relation to a programme of education and training—
(i) the name of the provider of the programme,
(ii) the title of the programme,
(iii) the duration of the programme,
(iv) the award made if the programme is successfully completed,
(v) the awarding body, or where appropriate, awarding bodies making the award if the programme is successfully completed,
(vi) whether the award made in respect of F71[the programme is one that is included within the Framework], and if so—
(I) the level at which F71[the award is included within the Framework], and
F71[(II) the award type and class of award as identified within the Framework for the time being,]
(vii) where procedures for quality assurance have been established by a provider of the programme, the name of the person, other than that provider, who reviews those procedures, and
(viii) whether the provider of that programme is authorised to use the international education mark.
Annotations
Amendments:
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Substituted (1.09.2024) by Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Act 2019 (32/2019), s. 33(1), (2)(a), (b), S.I. No. 426 of 2024.