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.
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:
- 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