BTEC orientation

program for Parents

& students

Ministry of Education

What is BTEC ? (Business &Technology Education Council)

BTEC is an international qualification offered by an international examination body - EDEXCEL

BTECs are designed to be specialist work-related qualifications

BTEC will give the students knowledge,

understanding, skills and training

necessary to prepare students for

employment

further study

EDEXCEL already offers

qualifications in the Maldives

–A Levels and before O Levels too

There are more than 2000

qualifications offered by EDEXCEl

across 16 sectors

1 Arts & Design

2 Beauty Therapy

3 Sports

4.Travel & Tourism

TRAVEL &TOURISM

ART & DESIGN

Indefinite past action .

Example: They have been to Valladolid.

Repeated past action.

Example: He has called me many times.

An action that is still going on.

Example: Cancun has grown very fast.

Program Subjects Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10MQA

Equivalent

Science• Chemistry

• Physics

• Biology

O’ level

certificate Certificate 3

Business • Commerce

• Economics

• Accounting

O’ level

certificateCertificate 3

Arts• History

• Geography

• Literature

O’ level

certificateCertificate 3

BTEC

• Beauty therapy

• Sports

• Art and design

• Travel & Tourism

BTEC Level 2

diploma Certificate 3

Polytechnic

• Engine Repair and

Maintenance

• Welding and Machining

• Welding and Sheet

Metal

• Furniture Carpentry and

Wood Curving

• Electrician

• Refrigeration and Air

conditioning

MQA Level 3

certificate

Level 3 & 4

certificate

STVET

• Front office

• Horticulture

• Dress making and

designing

• Computer hardware

• Agriculture

• Electrical wiring

•

Level 1 certificate Level 2 certificate MQA Level 3

certificate Certificate 3

A BTEC student will achieve:

Diploma level 2 by the end of grade

10

equivalent to certificate 3

Seven characteristics

1.Self-Management

• readiness to accept responsibility,

• Flexibility,

• Time management,

• Readiness to improve own performance

Employability skills

2.Teamworking

• respecting others,

• co-operating,

• negotiating/persuading,

• contributing to discussions

3.Business and customer awareness

• basic understanding of the key drivers for business

success

• the need to provide customer satisfaction

Employability skills

4.Problem solving

• analyzing facts and circumstances

• applying creative thinking to develop appropriate solutions

5.Communication and Literacy

• application of literacy,

• ability to produce clear, structured written work

Employability skills

6.Application of numeracy

• manipulation of numbers,

• general mathematical

• awareness its application in practical contexts

• 7.Application of information technology

• basic IT skills including familiarity

• with word-processing,

• spreadsheets,

• file management and use of internet

Employability skills

• A BTEC student will be offered one

subject from among the 4 subjects in the

BTEC stream

• A BTEC student has to continue the

subject taken at grade 8 right up to the

end of the course.

• A BTEC subject is more like a course

• An Assessor (Assessor to deliver the

subject)

• A Verifier (will ensure the steps for

internal verification take place)

• Each course contains a number of units

• For each unit there will be a number of assignments

• Examples of assignments:

research

project

Investigations

Artwork,

experiments

presentations

How are BTECs Assessed?

The following scales are used to grade BTEC

Pass (P),

Merit (M),

Distinction (D) and

Depending on the size of the course, students

may receive one, two or three grades

‘U’, for failure