The key features of the ICAA iTQ awards are that it:

• assists in raising attainment across all curriculum areas

• offers more relevant IT User qualifications

• gives teachers/tutors the opportunity to deliver a more creative curriculum (by adjusting the content of the qualification to suit the requirements and skills level in their chosen subjects)

• offers appropriate IT skills for employment

• assists in the transition of students from education into working life by providing a qualification that links to occupational standards and delivery methods

• offers the option of delivering the units through single or cross-curricular materials in other curriculum areas

• increases the access and focus of ICT skills by offering access to a recognised qualification to ALL students whatever their chosen specialism.