Batt O'Keeffe
Question:28 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education the progress, if any, which has been made in the assimilation of post-leaving certificate students into full-time third-level courses. [11577/95]
Vol. 456 No. 2
28 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education the progress, if any, which has been made in the assimilation of post-leaving certificate students into full-time third-level courses. [11577/95]
I announced last week the establishment of TEASTAS — the Irish national certification authority. The authority will operate on a nonstatutory basis for an interim period, pending the enactment of the necessary legislation. The remit of the interim authority will be to advise the Minister on the actions to be undertaken, and to undertake any such actions which it considers necessary, to put in place a single, nationally and internationally recognised certification structure covering all extra-university third-level and all further and continuing education and training programmes.