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| Abbreviation | CCEA |
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| Formation | 1 April 1994 |
| Type | Non-departmental public body (NDPB) |
| Headquarters | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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Northern Ireland, England and Wales |
| Website | www |
The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (CCEA) is a Non-departmental public body (NDPB) of the Department of Education (Northern Ireland).
CCEA’s principal products and services are described in the Education (NI) Order 1998. CCEA’s duties and functions are to:
CCEA also has a remit for the development of educational technology and the production of multimedia resources and is considered a leader in this field.
CCEA was established on 1 April 1994 as a NDPB and is based in Belfast. It replaced the Northern Ireland Schools Examination and Assessment Council and the Northern Ireland Schools Examination Council.
CCEA offers a wide range of qualifications, such as GCSEs, including the new GCSE Double Award specifications in vocational subjects, GCE A and AS levels, Entry Level Qualifications, Keyskills, Essential Skills, and Graded Objectives in Modern Languages. Due to educational reforms of the Conservative Party under Prime Minister David Cameron CCEA (among other UK examination boards i.e. Edexcel, AQA, OCR and WJEC) continuously redevelops syllabi for GCSEs and GCE A Levels.
CCEA’s principal products and services are to meet the requirements outlined in the Education (NI) Order. CCEA’s duties and functions are therefore to:
In general conversation CCEA is commonly called 'See-ah' since the introduction of the current logo.
The exam board has also come under fire because of allegations related to poor working conditions (e.g. staff needed being obliged to work during weekends). The consequence were strikes by CCEA's labour union.
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