Technical evaluation (Condition EDSQ5)

Rules governing our technical evaluation of Essential Digital Skills Qualifications, both before they are first made available, and on an ongoing basis

Condition EDSQ5 - Technical Evaluation

Evaluation before a qualification is made available

  1. EDSQ5.1 Before first making available an EDS Qualification, an awarding organisation must –
    1. (a) promptly notify Ofqual that it proposes to make the qualification available,
    2. (b) comply with the terms of any written notice served by Ofqual requiring the awarding organisation to provide Ofqual with information, and
    3. (c) either –
      1. (i) comply with any requirements specified to it by Ofqual in relation to the qualification, or
      2. (ii) have received written confirmation from Ofqual that it has no such requirements.
  2. EDSQ5.2 Where Ofqual specifies requirements in relation to a qualification under Condition EDSQ4.1(c), it may specify that the awarding organisation may make that qualification available before those requirements are complied with.

Ongoing evaluation

  1. EDSQ5.3 In respect of each EDS Qualification which it makes available, an awarding organisation must –
    1. (a) comply with the terms of any written notice served by Ofqual requiring the awarding organisation to provide Ofqual with information, and
    2. (b) comply with any requirements specified to it by Ofqual in relation to the qualification.

Form and content of notices

  1. EDSQ5.4 For the purposes of Conditions EDSQ4.1(b) and EDSQ4.3(a), a notice given by Ofqual may –
    1. (a) specify the time within which the information is to be provided,
    2. (b) specify a form in which the information is to be provided, and
    3. (c) require an awarding organisation to provide information whether that information is already in its possession or has to be created or obtained by it.