Sunday, February 20, 2011

BTEC. EDEXCEL@ICBT.Southern-Campus

Edexcel is the UK’s largest awarding body and a part of Pearson plc, the world’s largest education services company.



In the UK, Edexcel works with more than 5,000 secondary schools, 450 further education colleges, 70 higher education institutions and more than 700 employers and training providers



Edexcel offers a wide variety of both vocational and general qualifications, including: BTEC – more than 500,000 students study BTECs each year, as a leading vocational route into employment, further or higher education including GCE O’ & A’ Levels


Top line statistics


1.9 million Edexcel qualifications gained (GCE, GCSE and GNVQ) in the UK

Over 1,000 different exam papers produced (GCE, GCSE, IGCSE, GVQ)

8 million exam papers printed and despatched to schools and colleges

5.5 million scripts (completed exam papers) marked (up from 5.4m from 04/05)

3.8 million scripts marked onscreen via our ePen system (6% increase from 04/05)

BTEC Statistics


3.64 million BTEC and NVQ units achieved

339,031 BTEC and NVQ qualifications awarded

91,709 BTEC National qualifications awarded, equivalent to 228,396 GCE A-levels

74,949 BTEC Introductory and First qualifications awarded, equivalent to 274,536 GCSEs

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