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Local Youth Club Grants 2013

County Kilkenny VEC is now accepting applications for funding under the following Youth Club Grant Schemes 2013.

Taster Workshops

The BTEI in partnership with a number of agencies is now accepting on-line bookings for a range of free courses(including taster workshops for those in receipt of Job-seekers Allowance/Benefit).   These classes will run during the months of April, May and June 2013. 
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Early Childhood Care and Education

The Back to Education Initiative(BTEI) is currently recruiting for the following courses due to commence in April 2013:

FETAC Level 6 - Early Childhood Care and Education
Components:  Work Experience(including 30 day work placement); Team Working

FETAC Level 4:  Reception; Computer Applications; Data Entry

FETAC Level 3:  Digital Photography; The Internet

If you are interested in adding your name to the waiting list for any of the above courses - please email your name, address and daytime telephone number to:  BTEIhelpdesk@kkvec.ie  or phone the BTEI Office, Lr. New Street, Kilkenny.  Tel: 056 7795916

NB: All applicants must meet the BTEI eligibility criteria at course start up.

Adult Education Programme - Spring 2013

County Kilkenny VEC offers a range of evening classes at a network of VEC schools throughout the county.   The programmes on offer combine a mixture of well established popular classes with a variety of new options to suit the different tastes of learners and vary from the academic to the practical.   Details of the full range of classes for Spring 2013 is attached. 

Historic Meeting of Kilkenny and Carlow VECs

The Vocational Education Committees(VECs) in Co. Kilkenny and Co. Carlow are due to merge in 2013 to form the Kilkenny Carlow Education and Training Board.  New legislation to establish Education and Training Boards(ETBs) is going through the Oireachtas at the moment and is expected to be passed early in 2013.  Similar mergers are happening in other VECs around the country: the 33 existing VECs will be replaced by 16 ETBs.