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IVEA Welcomes devolution of building projects to VECs
01 November 2011
The Irish Vocational Association (IVEA) has welcomed today's announcement by Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn TD, that individual Vocational Education Committees (VECs) are to manage 27 school building projects around the country.
IVEA General Secretary Michael Moriarty says:
This is a major development for the VECs, which will soon be reformed into 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs). The VECs/ETBs will be able to draw on their extensive local knowledge and long experience of managing key building projects to ensure the timely and efficient development and delivery of these new school buildings and extensions, which will enhance educational provision across the country.
IVEA welcomes the Minister's announcement, which also sees the VECs/ETBs in a position to provide support services such as these, to other education and training service providers in their locality, on request.
The Irish Vocational Education Association (IVEA) is the representative body for the 33 Vocational Educational Committees (VECs) in Ireland, and works to protect, promote and enhance the interests of vocational education and training within the wider education sector and the country at large.
VECs deliver a wide range of educational services, from managing Community National Schools, second-level schools and colleges, Post Leaving Certificate colleges (PLCs) and education centres to providing training programmes for Travellers, adult literacy courses, prisoner education services, Youthreach programmes, Vocational Training Opportunities Schemes, and community education programmes.
VEC PLCs have developed a range of programmes and courses in response to the needs of industry and commerce which are certified by FETAC at levels 3 to 6, and by the professional bodies which set standards for entry into the professions.
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