Bernard Allen
Ceist:75 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education if there is a Department inspector to cover the area of office skills and technology.
Written Answers. - Office Skills and Technology.
There are two inspectors of commerce in my Department. The skills of the inspectorate in the commerce area include special competencies in office skills and technology.
Bernard Allen
Ceist:77 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education if her Department have any record of the number of office skills/computer application examinations taken from privately run Irish examining bodies.
Bernard Allen
Ceist:78 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education if she will give details of the examinations available in (a) computer applications, (b) computer literacy, (c) word processing, (d) database, (e) spreadsheets, (f) computerised filing, (g) graphics, (h) computerised accounts, and (i) computerised wages, for post leaving certificate students; and if her Department have any record of the number of such examinations taken by Irish students from British examining bodies.
Bernard Allen
Ceist:79 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the examinations in (a) word processing and (b) data processing and/or information technology, which are offered by her Department for post leaving certificate students.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 77, 78 and 79 together.
A wide variety of courses in business and computer studies is provided in third level institutions and in the vocational preparation and training programmes at second level.
Examinations in respect of these courses are provided by the institutions themselves in conjunction with the appropriate Irish validating bodies.
My Department has no record of the number of Irish students taking examinations run by British examining bodies.