‘validation’ means the process by which a competent authority or body confirms that an individual has acquired learning outcomes, including those acquired in non-formal and informal learning settings, measured against a relevant standard, and which consists of four distinct phases, namely identification, documentation, assessment and certification of the results of the assessment in the form of a full qualification, credits or a partial qualification, as appropriate and in line with national circumstances;
ciallaíonn “bailíochtú” próiseas dearbhaithe ag údarás nó comhlacht inniúil go bhfuil torthaí foghlama sealbhaithe ag duine aonair, lena n-áirítear iad siúd a shealbhaítear trí fhoghlaim sheachfhoirmiúil agus neamhfhoirmiúil arna thomhas i gcomparáid le caighdeán ábhartha agus a bhfuil ceithre chéim ar leith i gceist leis, eadhon sainaithint, doiciméadú, measúnú agus deimhniú ar thorthaí an mheasúnaithe i bhfoirm láncháilíochta, creidmheasanna nó páirtcháilíochta, de réir mar is iomchuí agus ag teacht le himthosca náisiúnta;