CFOS/FTE/Exercise 8.1

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Establishing Equivalency with Full-Time Students in Conventional Education

EXERCISE 8.1 – Provision of Courses/Subjects/Modules

The Dublin Open School provides courses for (amongst others) adults who did not complete their Junior Secondary Certificate (JSC).

Since most of these ODL learners are studying on a part-time basis, the institution relies on subject enrolments in order to establish full-time equivalency with learners in schools. Full-time students in schools must take nine subjects per year for three years before they are allowed to sit for the JSC examination.

• Calculate FTE student numbers for the Open School based on provision of courses/subjects using the data in the table below.

Junior Secondary Certificate Students at Dublin Open School and Conventional Schools

		2003	2004	2005
Dublin Open School
TSODL	Total Student Numbers (JSC Course)	6,131	6,529	6,637
TSEODL	Total Subject Enrolments	15,972	16,660	17,258
TESEODL	Total Examination Subject Entries	13,112	14,023	14,962
TESPODL	Total Examination Subject Passes	9,788	10,544	11,989
Junior Secondary Schools
TSFT	Total Student Numbers (Grade 10)	32,804	33,013	32,751
TSFT-1	Total Student Numbers (Grade 9)		34,122
TSFT-2	Total Student Numbers (Grade 8)	35,418
ASEFT	Average Subject Enrolments per Year	9	9	9
YFT	Number of Years at this Level/Phase	3	3	3
TESEFT	Total Examination Subject Entries	286,226	291,147	283,951
TESPFT	Total Examination Subject Passes	254,741	262,039	258,963

The EQUATION: you should use is as follows:

FTE_PC = TSE_ODL ÷ (ASE_FT × Y_FT)

Where:

FTE_PC = FTE Measure A: Provision of Courses

TSE_ODL = Total Subject/Course Enrolments by ODL students

ASE_FT = Average Subject/Course Enrolments by Full-Time students

Y_FT = Number of Years Full-Time students must study before sitting exam

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