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WHO WE aRE WWW.EdExcEl.cOm/intERnatiOnal

ContentsWho we are 3

Aout us and our qualications 4

What we can do for youSchools 6

Colleges 8

Parents and Students 10

Employers and Training Providers 12

Governments 14

Fast Facts! Presented in this document are correct at time of print, are subject to change and incorporate UK and International statistics. March 2011

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Edecel is a Pearson company and at Pearson we take learning personally.We elieve educationis for everyone, and we provide the tools for people to learn: whatever their age, wherever they are,in whatever fashion they choose. Our tetooks, courses and resources are availale in pr int, online and

through multilingual packages distriuted to teachers and students all over the world.

We are the worlds leading learning companywith a portfolio that provides innovativetetooks, online testing, software solutions and integrated services. We are alsopart of the wider Pearson family which includes consumer pulishing through Penguin and Dorling

Kindersley and usiness information through the Financial Times.

Every day all over the world our products and services help learning ourish,and wherever learning ourishes, so do people.

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About usAt Edecel, we have uilt our reputation on providing quality

education solutions that anticipate the education and training

needs of usiness in the 21st century, making us the leading

innovator in this eld.

We will keep your organisation at the forefront of modern,

high-quality education and training as we are driven y the

desire to advance learning and change lives.

With a 100-year history of outstanding educational provision

to workforces across the world, we have the credentials

and eperience to ensure that students develop their skills

and knowledge to the full, and are equipped to contriute

positively in their chosen careers.

We continue to go from strength to strength, and eing

part of Pearson, the worlds leading learning company, our

partners can enet from access to a wealth of educational

epertise and solutions.

Choose us as your qualications partner and we will work

with you for the long term.

A partner that you can rely on

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Whilst our core usiness is developing and offering world-

class qualications, we take a roader perspective to offer

our customers more. At Edecel, we pride ourselves

in providing unique integrated solutions through our

personalised approach. We understand that implementing

new qualications takes time and careful planning; thats

why we provide a roust suite of academic and vocational

qualications that are supported with world-class customer

service, saving you time, cost and making administration

easier for you.

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We know that you want to partner with an organisation

that is responsive, innovative and accountale from eginning

to end, to ensure that you are offering the very est.

Our unparalleled gloal network and eperience of working

in overseas markets means that we understand our gloalmarket and know the unique needs of each country. That

makes us in tune with the requirements of international

education providers; therefore you can e assured that you

are working with a partner that knows and sets the standards

of premium quality.

In addition, we are an approved organisation registered with

the UK Ofce of Qualications and Eaminations Regulation

(Ofqual), and our qualications are listed on the UK register of

regulated qualications, meaning we offer the highest quality

and standard across the world. We also work with the UK

Joint Council for Qualications (JCQ) to ensure eaminations

are of a consistent standard, so you can e condent that you

are offering the very est.

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We are aware that each and every one of our partners have

specic and unique requirements. We lead the way in our

consultative approach to identify your needs, adding value

to your services, your staff and students, and growing your

usiness. Our team of dedicated regional consultants will

work with you every step of the way to ensure that your

journey with us is as smooth and successful as possile.

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What we offer

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TEACHING

SUPPORT

ADMINISTRATIVE

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Schools

We elieve that a successful

curriculum should enale all your

students to achieve. Our gloally

recognised academic and vocational

qualications can ring out the est

in each and every student.

We understand that respected institu tions look for

qualications that will keep them at the forefront of high-

quality education provision. At Edecel we are committed to

providing schools with qualications, resources and services

that help you offer the est learning pathwaysfor your students.

As the UKs largest awarding ody, with a successful

history that dates ack 100 years, we understand the key

challenges you face right now with university and employer

epectations increasing and requirements changing faster

than ever efore.

Thats why we provide engaging and roust academic and

vocational qualications that are modern, widely accepted

and relevant.

Direct your students

towards a etter future

A Prosperous Partnership

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Parents choose schools ecause they want their children

to achieve their full potential and have the option to go to

a university of their choice. We can help you support their

amitions y offering your students an education and depth

of support that will inspire their desire to learn, and put

them onto the most successful pathway.

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We understand that students are motivated y a varied and

engaging curriculum. We are the only organisation to offer

oth academic and vocational qualications internationally,

giving you additional eiility and choice to shape your

curriculum to your students.

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Highly qualied and motivated teachers are at the heart

of every successful school, thats why we are committed to

supporting you and your colleagues every step pf the way;

with curriculum planning, training and implementation and

administration. We also provide technologies that make life

simpler for you and your colleagues and that make learning

more eciting for your students.

THE HELP FROM OUR REGIONAL OFFICEHAS bEEN TREMENDOUS. THEYVE WORKED

WITH US TO PLAN THE CURRICULUM,TRAIN TEACHING STAFF AND GET THEQUALIFICATIONS UP AND RUNNING.PERSONAL HELP, PLUS stREamlinEdtEcHnOlOGY MAKES THE ADMINREALLY REliablE and EasY.

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Dafydd Howells,Head Teacher,The Red Dragon Private School,Cypr us

I THINK ALL STUDENTS SHOULD HAVETHE CHANCE TO DO AT LEAST ONEbTEC JUST TO HELP THEM Gain tHEskills NEEDED FOR THE 21st cEntuRY.

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Sandra Carter, Camridge International School, Duai

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To nd out more aout introducing Edecel

qualications from Pearson in your school, visit:

www.eee.o/ero

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CollegesStudents today have higher epectations, are more moile,

and are etter informed. Therefore, progression options

oth locally and internationally play a vital part in the college

selection process for amitious students.

In order for you to attract and develop students of the

highest aility, we know that you need to provide roust

international qualications of the nest quality that are

recognised worldwide y universities and employers.

Edecels qualications are specically designed to lead to

employment or to higher education. We work closely with

industry to make sure that our qualications are relevant and

suit the needs of employers.

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Like you, we rmly elieve in student progression. Our

qualications are designed to equip students with the

key skills, knowledge and ehaviours that are valued y

employers and universities worldwide.

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With over 900 standard bTECs on offer, you can increase

the variety of your portfolio to attract a roader range

of students. Through our Higher National programme you

can also provide qualications that will enale students to

gain eemptions and advanced entry into the second or

third year of a degree course.

The additional appeal of our bTEC qualications with

parents and students is the progression pathway to

employment. Students who undertake a bTEC are work-

ready and employers worldwide recognise the qualication.

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We know that in order for you to deliver an empowering

educational eperience to your students, you need to invest

in your teaching staff. Thats why we fully support your

teachers to deliver our qualications successfully through

our training programmes, teaching qualications and support

networks.

STUDENTS WHO GAIN bTEC NATIONALDIPLOMAS AND HIGHER NATIONALDIPLOMAS, ARE FaVOuRablY REViEWEdbY EmPlOYERs. bTEC IS AN ExCELLENTExAMPLE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.

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MaqunWu , Principal of beijing Information Technology College, China

To nd out more aout introducing Edecel

qualications from Pearson in your college, visit:

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PaREnts and studEnts WWW.EdExcEl.cOm/intERnatiOnal

Parents andStudentsSuccessful students need qualications that are accepted,

recognised and valued. Equally important, those qualications

must anticipate the future employment trends and skills.

At Edecel we use our c lose ties to universities, employers

and governments worldwide to create our qualications,

ensuring that they are always up to date, eciting and relevant

to where students want to go.

We know how important it is to support students every step

of the way, thats why we provide t he est resources availale

from student ooks to downloadale past papers complete

with mark schemes. Every Edecel qualication offers a

numer of progression options at every level, so there is

sure to e something to suit students goals and aspirations.

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I WOULD HiGHlY REcOmmEndSTUDYING AN EDExCEL QUALIFICATION,AS THE HiGH standaRd OF GCE A LEVELSMAKES THE TRANSITION TO UNIVERSITYEASIER.

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Aleia Kattavenos studied Edecel A levels at The Grammar School,Nicosia

I CHOSE TO STUDY A bTEC NATIONALDIPLOMA IN bUSINESS bECAUSE ITSREcOGnisEd WORldWidE.

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Adeel Qurashi studied a bTEC National Diploma in business,at ROC Van

Amsterdam,Netherlands. Adeel went on to complete a bA Honours

in business Management at Roert Gordon University in Scotland where he

won the bank of Scotland Corporate Award for Most Viale business Concept

I FOUND EdExcEl tExtbOOks usEFul,tO tHE POint and EasY tO studY FROm.I ALSO USED THE OnlinE REsOuRcEs ALOT, ESPECIALLY AT ExAM TIME. THE GREAT

SELECTION OF PAST PAPERS, MARK SCHEMESAND FEEDbACK ON PREVIOUS PAPERS WEREA GREAT HELP IN UNDERSTANDING WHATTHE ExAMINERS WERE LOOKING FOR.

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Panaylotis Hadjisergis studied Edecel A levels in Modern Greek, Maths,

History,Physics and Economics

To nd out more aout Edecel qualications from

Pearson visit: www.eee.o/ero


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EmPlOYERs and tRaininG PROVidERs WWW.EdExcEl.cOm/intERnatiOnal

Employers

and TrainingProvidersImproved productivity and competitive advantage are key

enets of investing in your employees skills and development.

Studies have proven that investing in your people oosts

staff morale, competence and motivation and also raises

retention rates.

Whatever your usiness, you also need to e certain your

people can perform to the same high standard wherever

they are ased.

At Edecel, we understand this need for quality assurance,

and enchmark our qualications against international

standards. Our qualications are designed to focus not

only on knowledge and skill ut the AbC of employaility

attitude, ehaviour and communication.

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Shape your organisations future

A Protale Partnership

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You can enhance your organisations skills and competencies

efciently and effectively through education and training.

Edecel not only offers a vast selection of off-the-shelf

qualications, ut can tailor qualications to suit your specic

needs and streamline your employees training.Through

our customised approach we can assist you in not only

determining your training and learning needs, ut can measure

the effectiveness of your training in terms of outcomes.

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Our collaorative solutions approach can assist in your

usinesses growth through ridging skill gaps, giving youthe opportunity for competitive advantage.We develop

customised learning and assessment solutions specically

tailored to your needs.

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You can acknowledge the value of your est talent y formally

investing in their development.

Edecel qualications are set at different levels to help you

develop your own competency frameworks. These are

etremely popular with employees, as they understand what

they need to achieve to improve or gain promotion.

WE FOUND EDExCEL TO bEPROactiVEbECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SHAPE AbTEC FOR US IN CONJUNCTION

WITH ExETER COLLEGE. FLYbE NEEDEDA PROGRAMME THAT DEVELOPED NOTONLY THE PRactical skills, bUT ALSOTHE bRAINPOWER TO bE AbLE TO SAYAN AIRCRAFT I S FIT TO FLY.

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Simon Witts,Director of Safety,Quality and Training,Flye

IF YOUR ORGANISATION IS LOOKINGTO PROVIDE EMPLOYEES WITH

qualiFicatiOns tailOR-madEFOR YOuR businEss, AS WELL ASTHE REassuRancE tHat EacHqualiFicatiOn is qualitY assuREd,

WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND bTECS.,,

Licenciada Montserrat Lpez,HR/Training Department Coordinator,

Petroleos Meicanos (PEMEx),Meico

To nd out more aout how Edecel qualications

from Pearson can uild your usiness, visit:

www.eee.o/ero


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No organisation wants high labour turnover,especially in todays challenging economic landscape.Our qualications

can be customised to t straight into your current training and development plans to allow you to train and develop

a loyal and highly skilled workforce for your company.Our customised qualications are exible and structured,

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GOVERnmEnts WWW.EdExcEl.cOm/intERnatiOnal

GovernmentsWe at Edecel understand that successful nations place educationat the heart of economic and social development, while eing

acutely aware that the gloal skills race is a reality and is intensifying.

Every nation is unique, and that is reected in our gloal yet local

partner approach.

As a par t of Pearson, the worlds leading

learning company, we have the capailities and

reach to provide a t-for-purpose solution

to help achieve your countrys amitions. We

provide the resources, content, technology and

epertise, while understanding that education

and training solutions have to e locally owned.

This is our area of eper tise and our passion, our

understanding has een developed and honed

for over 100 years.

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During an unprecedented pace of gloal change, addressing

economic and social issues is a key challenge facing every

country. We understand that this challenge can only e

overcome y engaging in dialogue, alongside governments,

with educators, employers, professional odies and students.

Our etensive eperience and epertise with these

stakeholder groups makes us the partner of choice to develop

connected and up-to-date and relevant curriculum and

assessment solutions.

An effective and qualied workforce

We know that usinesses and organisations across the world

look for prospective employees that are work-ready, have

the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes related to their

industry and, critically, have a core set of industry desired

qualities. Our qualications develop these skills and attriutes

and are designed to international standards, enaling our clients

to demonstrate the readth and quality of their capaility in anage of gloalisation and economic competitiveness.

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We place student success at the centre of everything we

do. Quality, standards, consistency, fairness and effectiveness

underpin the design and delivery of every aspect of the

education and training solution. by using the latest technology

we lead the world in the development of innovative learning

resources, inspiring students to reach their full potential and

contriute to economic and social development.


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provision;qualications framework benchmarking and development;assessment design; content development.

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production and distribution;scanning and marking;marker recruitment and training;assessment verication;

qualication certication and results analysis; programme management.

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Partnership in actionEGYPTS SUCCESS WILL bE OUR SUCCESS

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Patrick Casey Director of International at Edecel,

Pearson is working in collaoration with the Egyptian Cainet

of Ministers Education Development Fund to analyse eisting

vocational education and training provision.

THE PROJECTS ObJECTIVE ISTO EDUCATE HIGHLY QUALIFIEDTECHNICIANS WHO ARE CAPAbLEOF MEETING THE NATIONAL SKILLSSTANDARDS, FULFILLING INDUSTRYNEEDS, UPGRADING THEIR SKILLS,CONTINUOUSLY EDUCATINGTHEMSELVES, AND PERFORMING TO HIGH

STANDARDS. THIS IS PART OF CHANGINGTHE IMAGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATIONIN EGYPT. WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY

WITH OUR VALUED PARTNERS FROMPEARSON TO MEET THESE ObJECTIVES

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Dr.Medhat El Hadek, Project Director,Education Development Fund

To nd out more aout partnering with Edecel, visit :

www.eee.o/ero

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WHERE WE aRE WWW.EdExcEl.cOm/intERnatiOnal

AUSTRALIA AND

NEW ZEALAND

Tel: +61 (0) 434 001 807

[email protected]

CARIbbEAN

[email protected]

EUROPE

Tel: +44 (0) 1204 77 0696

[email protected]

INDIAN SUbCONTINENT

Tel: +91 (0) 120 419 0100

[email protected]

LATIN AMERICA

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7190 4173

[email protected]

Where we are

Where we are based

MIDDLE EAST

AND NORTH AFRICA

Tel: +971 (0) 4437 0778

[email protected]

NORTH ASIA

Tel: +86 (0) 10 5735 5000

[email protected]

SOUTH ASIA

Tel: +60 (3) 2710 5710/11/12

[email protected]

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Tel: +27 (0) 21 532 6000

[email protected]

UNITED KINGDOM

Tel: +44 (0) 120 477 0696

[email protected]

We have a team of regional consultants near you

Our gloal team operates internationally from ofces in Australia, Argentina, bahrain, bangladesh, brazil, Cariean, China,

Chile, Columia, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Meico, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Spain,

South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, UAE, UK and Vietnam and services all 190 countries worldwide.

Visit www.edecel/international to contact your regional consultant today.

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Edecels international network of staff, supportedy our head ofce in London, ensures we can provide

personalised local support with a gloal perspective.

SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: +27 (0) 21 532 6000

[email protected]

For more information aout Edecel

qualications from Pearson please go to

www.eee.o/ero/erope

Edecel Ltd. registered in England and Wales No. 4496750

Registered ofce: 190 High Holorn, London WC1V 7bH

www.edecel.com/international

Pulication code: Z028977

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