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Overview

This course is designed to provide opportunities for students to develop their knowledge and understanding of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and most importantly their skills in the use of Information and Communication Technology. Students choose to work in three areas from:

• Handling data
• Communicating
• Modelling
• Control

This is a practically based course that involves students in learning how to use software packages and their application to solve problems.

This course assesses achievement of Levels 1, 2 and 3 of the National Curriculum and is suitable for those students working at this level or for students wishing to seek a first qualification in basic ICT.

Entry Level Certificate specifications use appropriate short term goals and manageable elements and are closely related to the GCSE specifications of the same name, in order to provide a stepping stone for possible progression to GCSE or equivalent.

Specification aims

The aims of this specification are to:

• Help students to develop and consolidate their knowledge, skills and understanding in Information and Communication Technology.
• Encourage students to select from a range of Information and Communication Technology tools and information sources those that are appropriate for a variety of tasks.
• Encourage students to develop further as autonomous users of Information and Communication Technology.
• Encourage students to continue to develop their Information and Communication Technology skills in order to enhance their work in a variety of areas.
• Provide opportunities for students to evaluate the applications they use and their relevance to the outside world.