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| predecessor = Joint Council for General Qualifications <br />''(1998–2003)''
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| formation = January 2004
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| type = <!-- [[Governmental organization|GO]], NGO, [[Intergovernmental organization|IGO]], [[International nongovernmental organization|INGO]], etc -->
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| membership = *[[Assessment and Qualifications Alliance|AQA]]
*[[City & Guilds]]
*[[CCEA]]
*[[Edexcel]]
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The '''Joint Council for Qualifications''', (commonly referred to as '''JCQ''') is a council acting as a single voice for the sevensix largest qualification providers in the UK offering [[GCSE]], [[General Certificate of Education|GCE]], [[Advanced Extension Award|AEA]], [[Scottish Highers]], Entry Level, [[Vocational education|Vocational]] and vocationally related qualifications: [[Assessment and Qualifications Alliance|AQA]], [[City & Guilds]], [[CCEA]], [[Edexcel]], [[Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations|OCR]], [[Scottish Qualifications Authority|SQA]] and [[WJEC (exam board)|WJEC]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jcq.org.uk/about_us/index.cfm |title=About us – JCQ |accessdate=13 October 2009 }}</ref>
 
==About==
The JCQ was established to unite to an extent the largest educational and vocational examination boards in Januarythe 2004United Kingdom and to supersedeadminister testing standards. the JointJCQ Councilshould fornot Generalbe Qualificationsconfused with Ofqual (JCGQ,Office 1998–2003of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation), the authority to regulate and accredit British examination boards . The JCQ was formed to enable member awarding bodies to act together in:
* providing, wherever possible, common administrative arrangements for the schools and colleges and other providers which offer their qualifications;
* dealing with the regulators; in responding to proposals and initiatives on assessment and the curriculum