Joint Council for Qualifications

The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) is a community interest company acting as a single voice for the eight largest qualification providers in the United Kingdom offering GCSE, GCE, Scottish Highers and vocationally related qualifications: AQA, CCEA, City & Guilds, Edexcel, NCFE, OCR, SQA and WJEC.[1] The JCQ closely monitors examination administration, invigilation of exams at individual schools and activities of exams officers.[2]

Joint Council for Qualifications
AbbreviationJCQ
PredecessorJoint Council for General Qualifications (1998–2003)
FormationJanuary 2004
Location
Membership
Director
Dr Philip Wright
Affiliations
Websitewww.jcq.org.uk

About

The JCQ was established in January 2004 to supersede the Joint Council for General Qualifications (JCGQ, 1998–2003). The JCQ was established to unite to an extent the largest educational and vocational examination boards in the United Kingdom and to administer testing standards. The JCQ should not be confused with Ofqual (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation), the authority to regulate and accredit British examination boards. The JCQ was formed to enable member awarding bodies to act together in:

  • providing, wherever possible, common administrative arrangements for the schools and colleges and other providers which offer their qualifications
  • dealing with the regulators, in responding to proposals and initiatives on assessment and the curriculum
  • dealing with the media on issues affecting all member bodies
  • helping the awarding bodies to work together to create common standards, regulations and guidance
  • helping them to regulate themselves against those agreed standards as well as monitoring any exceptions
  • providing a forum for members to discuss issues, with each other and partner organisations and the regulators
  • ensuring examinations are sat under consistent regulations

Regulations and examination practices

The JCQ provides rules and regulations concerning the exams. These are updated annually and published on their website.

British examination boards for GCSEs and GCE A-levels (i.e. AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA) are obliged to comply with JCQ's regulations, whereas Cambridge International are not obliged to comply with them for their international GCSEs.[3]

See also

References
  • "Exam boost for pupils if pet dies". BBC News Online. 8 May 2005.
  1. "About us – JCQ". Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  2. http://www.examofficers.org.uk/awarding-bodies-partnerships/282-jcq-partnership
  3. http://www.examofficers.org.uk/news/eoa-lastest-news/839-maidstone-makes-its-mark
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