First FITS Examination Success
January 11, 2010 by Steve
Filed under The FITS Foundation
A group of ICT Technicians and managers from the Torbay area took the first FITS professional examination on the 14th of December, 2009.
9 people successfully passed the support practitioner examination at the Torquay Civic Centre and were presented their certificates by Torbay Mayor Nick Bye and Steve Lucey, Director from Becta, which is the national Government Agency responsibile for driving innovation in Eductation through technology.
John Pering, ICT adviser at Torbay Council, said: “We are committed to improving technology in learning and are pleased to be supporting the FITS qualifications.
“This is a huge step forward for all ICT technicians and the education system in general in terms of recognising the vital role ICT technicians play in improving ICT in schools.”
This qualification provides ICT support staff with the key skills to provide effective support for staff and learners. ICT is becoming more and more important within schools. It is essential that this runs as reliably as possible to help provide the best possible results for learners.
This was the first examination delivered and during January, exams will also be run in other areas in preparation for the national launch of the qualification on the 30th of March.
The qualifications available include the NVQ certificate ICT Support In Education: Practitioner and the NVQ certificate ICT Support in Education: Manager. These provide 2 points towards NVQ level 4 & 5 qualification respectively.
