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Updates include clarified guided learning hours allocation, guidance on accessing approved challenge briefs, and revised requirements for the Personal Standpoint evidence word count. The document also refines challenge completion rules, component grading, external moderation e-submission, certification arrangements, and removes outdated references such as post-16 qualifications and Key Stage 4.","SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS  \n\n| Version | Description | Page number |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 2 | Inclusion of updated diagrams illustrating the requirements for achieving the Foundation/National Welsh Baccalaureate qualifications | 3 |\n|  | Clarification on the allocation of guided learning hours | 8 |\n|  | Stipulation of the Global Citizenship Challenge to be undertaken as an individual | 8 |\n|  | Remove Business Partnership as an option for the Enterprise and Employability Challenge | 16 |\n|  | Inclusion of maximum word count of 800 words added to the supporting evidence requirements for the Personal Standpoint. | 21 |\n|  | Clarification of where centres can access the Approved Challenge Briefs and associated tasks. | 28 |\n|  | Inclusion of reference to the Controls Summary table in both the Challenge Brief and Delivery Handbook. | 30 |\n|  | Clarification that generic guidance can be produced to candidates when completing challenges | 31 |\n|  | Removal of references to the capping of grades for resits. | 34 |\n|  | Clarification of the 80/20 'rule' and inclusion of UMS | 34 |\n|  | Clarification of the arrangements for resitting components | 35 |\n|  | Update to the information on external moderation to reflect current arrangements, including e-submission | 36 |\n|  | Update to the information on certification arrangements to reflect current arrangements | 37 |\n|  | Removal of Appendix A and retitling of Appendix B as Appendix A. | 40 |\n|  | Removal of references to the post-16 Welsh Baccalaureate and Skills Challenge Certificates | throughout |\n|  | Removal of references to Key Stage 4 / KS4 . | throughout |\n|  | Alignment with the Curriculum for Wales in re-naming essential and employability skills. Integral and cross curricular skills will now be used. | throughout |\n\n\n| 3 | Submission of two out of the three Challenges for internal assessment and external moderation | throughout |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  | Removal of section 1.6 on Tutorial Support and Mentoring | 6 |\n|  | Further clarification on completing two out of the three Challenges for assessment | 8 |\n|  | Clarification on awarding of the component grades | 34 |\n|  | Clarification on the awarding of the overall qualification, including the removal of the 80% rule | 35 |\n\n1. Introduction and Rationale  \n1.1 Qualification Title and Codes 2  \n1.2 Rationale 2  \n1.3 Aims and Objectives 3  \n1.4 Integral and cross curricular skills 4  \n1.5 Progression 6  \n2. Qualification Structure  \n2.1 WJEC Foundation/National Skills Challenge Certificate 7  \n2.2 WJEC National Welsh Baccalaureate 9  \n2.3 WJEC Foundation Welsh Baccalaureate 9  \n3. Skills Challenge Certificate Components  \n3.1 Component structure 10  \n3.2 Individual Project 11  \n3.3 Enterprise and Employability Challenge 16  \n3.4 Global Citizenship Challenge 21  \n3.5 Community Challenge 25  \n4. Challenges  \n4.1 Skills Development 29  \n4.2 Challenge Briefs 29  \n4.3 Challenge Brief format 29  \n4.4 Design and Approval of Challenge Briefs 30  \n4.5 Centre Management of Challenges 31  \n5. Assessment  \n5.1 Scheme of Assessment 32  \n5.2 Assessing evidence 33  \n5.3 Standardisation 33  \n6. Grading  \n6.1 Awarding Skills Challenge Certificate component grades 34  \n6.2 Awarding Skills Challenge Certificate grades 35  \n7. Entry Procedures  \n7.1 Registration 36  \n7.2 Component and Qualifications entry 36  \n7.3 Re-sits of components 36  \n8. External Moderation 37  \n9. Awarding and Reporting 38  \n10. Access Arrangements 39  \n11. 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