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.

The EQUATION: you should use is as follows:


 * FTEPC 	= TSEODL ÷ (ASEFT × YFT)

Where:


 * FTEPC   = 	FTE Measure A: Provision of Courses
 * TSEODL  = 	Total Subject/Course Enrolments by ODL students
 * ASEFT   = 	Average Subject/Course Enrolments by Full-Time students
 * YFT	   =	Number of Years Full-Time students must study before sitting exam

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