Award Statistics for 2011
We are committed to providing timely and comprehensive data to satisfy national and international data needs. As
part of this commitment the latest awards data for 2011 are published herein.
Awards analysis - June 2012 update
We are continually engaged in efforts to upgrade and improve the annual awards dataset. The latest awards
analysis was completed in June 2012, and supplements the data for 2011 set out in the tables below. It provides
headline data and trend data and reveals further detail according to Award Type and Level, Fields of Learning,
Region and Age.
A breakdown of the following figures is available in MS Excel format.
FETAC 2011
Award holders
37,857
140,870
10,785
946
180,690
Certificates (Major)
Component (Minor)
Specific Purpose (Special Purpose)
Supplemental
Total number of Award holders (see notes)
Type
Level
Analysis of Awards
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Major
Level
Level
Level
Level
Level
Level
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
see notes
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Special Purpose
Special Purpose
Special Purpose
Special Purpose
Special purpose
Level
Level
Level
Level
3
4
5
6
10,785
2
268
7,883
2,632
Supplemental
Supplemental
Level 6
946
946
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total number of awards (component awards disaggregated)
37,857
264
539
3,428
1,180
23,485
8,961
284,597
663
2,421
67,127
44,625
147,474
22,287
334,185
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Gender
Female
Male
52%
48%
NDP Region
BMW
S&E
25%
75%
Age
<15
15 - 19
20 - 24
25 - 29
30 - 34
35 - 39
40 - 44
45 - 49
50 - 54
55 - 59
60 - 64
>65
n/a
0%
12%
14%
13%
13%
11%
10%
9%
7%
5%
3%
1%
1%
Notes:
There are two ways to represent FETAC awards as indicated above.
1.Total number of Award holder
The total is not the sum of the four award types holders shown above as some people achieve awards of more than one
award type, e.g. a major award and a minor award.
2.Total number of awards (component awards disaggregated)
Provides a breakdown of the component certificates (for minor awards) issued. The number of minor awards when
disaggregated is approx. double the number of paper certificates issued for component awards, which means that a
component award lists an average of two minors attained.
The breakdown by gender, age, region (and centre type, fields of learning further on) is based on the total number of
awards (component awards disaggregated).
The nomenclature for award types refers to major awards as 'certificates', minors are classified as 'component', special
purpose as 'specific purpose' and supplemental as 'supplemental'. The term for major awards (certificates) is not to be
confused with paper certificates. All awards are also referred to as certificates in terms of the paper (certificate) issued
to the award holder.
The levels refer to National Framework of Qualifications levels.
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