THE
WJEC
A
BENCHMARK FOR PROGRESS IN EDUCATION
Since
its establishment as a consortium of local education authorities in
1948, the Welsh Joint Education Committee (WJEC) has proven its value
to the educational community in Wales. WJEC is now established as
a company limited by guarantee, owned and controlled by the 22 unitary
councils in Wales. It exists to provide a range of educational services
including:
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Examination
syllabuses, marking services and access to vocational schemes
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Support
for these syllabuses through in-service training for teachers (INSET),
training materials and easy access to subject officers
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Welsh-medium
resources and support for the Curriculum Cymreig
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Production
of Welsh and bilingual computer-related resources
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National
INSET programme for teachers of Welsh
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A
bookshop offering a wealth of classroom resources and containing
the Comenius Centre for Wales
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Co-ordination
of Wales-Europe education and training projects and linking services
with partner regions through the European Unit
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Support
services for the National Youth Orchestra of Wales and the National
Youth Theatre of Wales and validation of courses in Art & Design
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Validated
training and support for small businesses and industry
EUROPEAN UNIT
Description
of the European Unit
The European Unit has a full-time staff of seven; a unit manager,
a financial officer, four project managers and a project assistant.
In addition, four members of staff from the ATI department are involved
in the management of three of the European funded projects currently
in progress.
Analysis of
current trading position
The European Unit of the WJEC currently acts as co-ordinator and manager
of nine projects funded by the European Commission. In addition, it
acts as a partner organisation in another two. All these projects
are concerned with the development of education and training and are
delivered by a partnership of organisations both public and private.
All the projects have a trans-national element.
The projects belong
to the following programmes:
In addition, the
Unit provides an all-Wales service to schools and colleges via the
European Resource Centre. This centre provides advice on how to incorporate
the European dimension into the curriculum and materials for use in
the classroom. Advice is available on European funding opportunities
for schools who wish to improve their pupils' involvement with and
knowledge of Europe.
See also the WJEC
KeySkills web-site.
