In order the EUCIP Core to be successful, it is important to get feedback from those students who were the first participants of EUCIP Core education and exams. Materials to help the preparation for the exam were given to the participants. Moreover, trainings in various periods were held. The students prepare for the exam partly in these trainings, partly by themselves. The examination was held with the involvement of students who had taken part in the pilot training and had taken at least one exam (in one module). An online questionnaire with 21 questions was made. The access to this questionnaire was given to the students. Most of the questions were multiple-choice but open questions were also asked.

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Welcome'
Demand! for! eJskills! has! been! growing! steadily!
during!the!last!years!all!over!the!world.!According!
to!the!study!published!in!the!frame!of!European!
eJSkills!Forum:!“eJSkills!shortages!will!result!in!an!
excess! demand! of! 384.000! ICT! practitioners! in!
2015.”!(Körte,!W.!B.,!Hüsing!T.:!Evaluation!of!the!
Implementation! of! the! EC's! Communication! on!
"eJSkills! for! the! 21st! Century",! Empirica,! Bonn).!
An! important! conclusion! of! related! studies! was,!
that! European! companies! "were! increasingly!
struggling!to!hire!people!who!were!competent!in!
both! information! technology! and! business!
management.! Companies! need! so! called! "TJ
Shaped"! professionals! who! enter! the! workforce!
with!a!strong!business!understanding,!‘soft’!skills!
and! knowledge! of! leadingJedge! technology.”!
(Fonstad,! N.,! Lanivyn,! B.:! European! eJ
Competence! Curricula! development! guidelines,!
Final! Reports,! European! Commission,! European!
eJSkills!Forum,!2010).!
EUCIP! Core! J! at! European! level! recognized! IT!
qualification! J! is! an! answer! exactly! to! this!
demand! as! its! competence! framework! strongly!
focuses! on! the! business! skills! related! to! the!
fundamental! eJskills.! The! certificate! was!
established! by! CEPIS! (Council! of! European!
Professional!Informatics!Societies)!and!has!been!
used! with! success! already! in! seven! European!
countries.!!
!
ITJShape! project! aims! to! adapt! EUCIP! Core!
certificate!in!the!Hungarian!Vocational!Education.!
The!main!impact!of!the!project!are!the!increased!
chances! of! Hungarian! (young! and! adult)! people!
getting! their! placement! at! enterprises,! by!
offering! them! internationally! recognized,! true!
panJEuropean!IT!qualification.!
IJT!Shape!Consortium!
Content&
Welcome!..............................................................!1!
Students!about!the!EUCIP!Core!exam!..................!2!
Questions!about!the!language!.........................!3!
The! evaluation! of! the! exam! and! the!
circumstances!...................................................!4!
Opinion! about! the! difficulty! of! the! exam!
material!............................................................!5!
Opinion!about!the!preparation!........................!6!
!Opinion!about!usefulness!................................!9!
Project!basics!......................................................!11!
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Editor:!Lajos!Peter!Tóth!
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Students'about'the'EUCIP'Core'exam'
In!order!the!EUCIP!Core!to!be!successful,!it!is!important!to!get!feedback!from!those!students!who!were!the!
first!participants!of!EUCIP!Core!education!and!exams.!Materials!to!help!the!preparation!for!the!exam!were!
given!to!the!participants.!Moreover,!trainings!in!various!periods!were!held.!!The!students!prepare!for!the!
exam!partly!in!these!trainings,!partly!by!themselves.!
The!examination!was!held!with!the!involvement!of!students!who!had!taken!part!in!the!pilot!training!and!
had!taken!at!least!one!exam!(in!one!module).!An!online!questionnaire!with!21!questions!was!made.!The!
access!to!this!questionnaire!was!given!to!the!students.!Most!of!the!questions!were!multipleJchoice!but!
open!questions!were!also!asked.!
It! was! supposed! that! the! previously! given! materials! helped! the! preparation! of! students! but! further!
development/improvement!of!the!materials/!methods!of!preparation!is!necessary.!It!was!believed!that!on!
the!three!fields!(Plan,!Build,!Operate)!both!the!materials!and!the!trainings!are!necessary.!The!aim!was!to!
get!to!know!the!opinion!about!the!materials!and!the!circumstances!of!the!exam.!Another!aim!was!to!find!
out!whether!there!is!a!difference!of!opinion!between!students!who!have!chosen!English!as!language!and!
students!who!have!chosen!Hungarian.!
In!the!questionnaire,!questions!about!the!language!were!asked!after!the!ones!about!the!partners!and!raw!
data.!The!question!asked!about!the!chosen!language!and!whether!the!student!would!change!the!language!
on!the!next!exam.!In!the!next!part,!the!questions!were!about!the!success!of!the!exam!and!the!disturbing!
factors.!This!part!was!followed!by!questions!about!the!time!of!the!exam,!the!difficulty!of!the!exam!material,!
the! circumstances! of! the! preparation! and! the! lucidity! of! the! questions! and! answers.! Finally,! a! question!
asked!whether!the!knowledge!is!useful!and!upJtoJdate.!
In! the! survey,! both! the! organizer! of! the! pilot! program! and! the! partner! which! held! the! exam! were!
participants!(SZÁMALK,!ÖJSZIGK,!NJSZK,!GJMSZI).!74!students!filled!in!the!questionnaire.!Distribution!of!the!
students!among!the!institutions!is!shown!by!Figure!1.!At!the!moment!all!of!the!students!are!participants!of!
IT!study.!
Figure'1.:'The'distribution'of'students'among'the'institutions'
Most! of! the! students! (91%)! are! students! of! a! full! time! training;! the! others! are! students! of! a! part! time!

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training!(a.k.a.!evening!training).!The!studentsJ!with!the!exception!of!oneJ!are!from!the!12J14!(in!part!time!
training!the!second)!college!years.!
Questions&about&the&language&
The!questions!about!language!were!separated!according!to!the!modules!(Plan,!Build,!Operate).!
Figure'2.:'The'distribution'of'language'on'the'separated'fields.'
In!further!cases!when!the!questions!were!examined!separately!according!to!the!modules,!the!answers!of!
those!students!who!had!not!chosen!any!of!the!languages!were!eliminated.!Accordingly,!in!case!of!Plan!41!
(Hungarian)!and!10!(English),!by!Build!38!(Hungarian)!and!10!(English)!and!by!Operate!48!(Hungarian)!and!
26!(English)!answers!can!be!examined!(see!Figure!2.).!From!the!survey,!it!can!be!concluded!that!the!field!of!
Operate!is!the!most!popular.!All!74!students!of!Module!Operate!who!gave!answer!had!taken!exam.!Thus,!
the!results!of!Module!Operate!were!mainly!brought!as!an!example.!
Figure'3.:'The'possibility'of'changing'the'language'

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More!interesting!is!the!rate!of!students!who!want!to!change!language!(see!Figure!3.).!Most!of!the!students!
took!the!exam!in!Hungarian!and!do!not!want!to!change!it.!About!10%!would!like!to!change!from!Hungarian!
to!English!and!also!10%!from!English!to!Hungarian.!The!rate!of!the!change!is!small.!At!the!right!end!of!
Figure!3.,!there!is!9%,!which!represents!the!students!who!give!different!languages!by!the!different!modules!
so!they!had!already!chosen!different!languages!to!take!the!different!Modules.!
The&evaluation&of&the&exam&and&the&circumstances&
!By!each!module,!about!40%!of!students!had!not!made!extra!preparation.!Less!than!the!half!of!the!rest!
thought!that!they!succeeded!in!the!exam!and!about!31J38%!is!uncertain.!The!results!of!module!Operate!is!
shown!in!Figure!4.!
Figure'4.:'The'opinion'on''the'results'–'Module!Operate!
Most! of! the! students! (89%)! had! an! undisturbed! exam.! Seven! students! marked! that! they! had! some!
disturbing!facts.!Among!them!were!five!who!implied!for!mistakes!in!translation.!This!fact!is!shown!by!Figure!
5.!too,!where!the!questions!asked!immediately!about!the!understanding!of!the!questions!and!answers!of!
the!exam.!Apart!from!the!language!in!each!module,!most!of!the!students!(more!than!50%)!stated!that!the!
texts!were!mostly!or!utterly!understandable.!
Figure'5.:'The'understandability'of'texts'in'Module'Operate!

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Similar!results!can!be!seen,!when!questions!about!the!time!were!asked!(see!Figure!6.).!Very!few!students!
thought!that!they!had!not!enough!time.!Most!of!the!students!found!the!time!enough.!There!were!some!
students!who!saw!the!time!as!too!much.!
Figure'6.:'The'opinions'about'the'given'time'in'the'exam.'
Opinion&about&the&difficulty&of&the&exam&material&
In! the! followings,! questions! to! find! out! how! difficult! was! the! exam! and! whether! it! came! up! to! the!
expectations!based!on!preparation!were!asked.!Figure!7.!represents!the!results!of!the!different!modules.!
Figure'7.:'The'difficulties'of'tasks'compared'to'the'expectations.'
The! orange! and! blue! stripes! show! that! the! tasks! in! the! exam! were! similar! to! the! expectations! or! even!
easier.!35J38%!found!the!tasks!more!difficult!than!expected.!
By!Module!Plan,!teachers!had!feared!that!it!would!have!been!the!most!difficult,!but!with!extra!attention!
they!can!achieve!similar!results!than!in!other!modules.!Moreover,!by!Module!Plan,!there!was!the!biggest!
rate!of!“easier”!answer.!
An!open!question!was!asked!about!the!most!difficult!field.!16!students!gave!substantive!answer.!There!was!
not! a! field! which! got! much! more! notations! than! the! other.! Each! got! about! 3J4! notations.! 3J3! students!
thought!that!both!or!neither!of!the!fields!was!difficult.!
The!discrepancy!of!the!exam!and!the!material!was!also!examined.!Thus,!the!question:!How!different!was!
the!exam!material!from!the!previously!learned!material!was!asked.!The!answers!are!shown!in!Figure!8.!

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Figure'8.:'The'comparison'of'the'previously'learned'and'the'exam'material'in'Module'Operate.''
Those!who!learned!the!material!in!English!did!not!find!difference,!but!those!who!learned!the!material!in!
Hungarian!found!a!little!difference.!This!fact!urges!for!more!work!in!the!field!of!translation.!Similar!were!
the!results!in!the!case!of!other!modules.!
Opinion&about&the&preparation&
!Every!student!could!fill!in!freely!how!many!periods!of!training!they!had.!According!to!the!answers,!the!data!
was!grouped!(see!Figure!9J10.).!
Figure'9.:'The'time'of'preparation'in'Module'Operate.'
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Figure'10.:'The'comparison'of'the'ratio'of'time'in'the'modules'
It!is!interesting!that!about!40%!of!the!students!took!part!rarely!in!the!trainings.!Similar!is!the!rate!(35%)!of!
those!who!had!more!than!20!periods!of!training.!On!the!other!two!fields,!about!50%!of!students!had!no!or!
little!participation!in!classes.!Only!20%!attended!the!classes!regularly.!This!data!should!be!further!examined!
with!the!comparison!of!the!achievements!of!the!exam,!but!the!final!results!of!the!exam!were!not!asked!in!
this!questionnaire.!
The!answers!for!the!question!about!the!efficiency!of!preparation!were!mainly!positive.!However,!there!was!
a!number!of!students!who!had!not!taken!part!in!the!preparation.!This!is!shown!by!Figure!11.!in!Module!
Operate.!The!case!is!alike!in!the!other!modules.!
Figure'11.:'The'efficiency'of'preparation'in'Module'Operate.'

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For!the!preparation,!extra!materials!were!accessible!to!students!partly!on!the!portal.!Questions!about!the!
efficiency!of!these!extra!materials!were!asked.!
Figure'12.:'How'much'does'the'extra'materials'help'in'the'preparation?'–'Module'Operate'
There!were!students!who!would!have!like!to!have!more!materials!for!the!preparation.!Similar!is!the!number!
of! students! who! had! not! used! any! of! these! materials.! It! was! also! asked! whether! they! had! used! the!
materials!available!on!http://eucip.itstudy.hu/!?!70%!of!the!students!had!not!used!the!extra!materials!on!
the!portal.!Students!were!asked!open!question!about!the!reason!of!using!or!not!using!the!extra!materials!of!
the! portal.! 19! substantive! answers! were! given.! 5! out! of! 19! had! used! the! portal! for! the! preparation,! 3!
examined!the!tests,!2!examined!the!descriptions.!Figure!13.!shows!the!different!reasons!why!students!had!
not!used!the!portal.!Many!students!(43%)!believed!that!it!was!not!necessary!to!use!the!portal.!It!can!be!
deduced!that!students!had!not!feel!to!use!the!portal!because!the!preparation!in!classes!was!enough.!When!
the!number!of!students!taking!exam!increase,!then!the!number!of!portalJusers!will!increase,!too.!
Figure'13.:'The'reasons'for'not'using'the'portal.'

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&Opinion&about&usefulness&
Figure'14:'How'useful'information'was'asked'in'the'exam?'
Figure!14.!shows!that!the!students!thought!the!information!!upJtoJdate.!According!to!Figure!15.,!students!
felt!the!information!mainly!useful!but!not!necessarily!useful.!Very!few!students!chose!the!not!upJtoJdate!
and!the!unnecessary!categories.!
Figure'15.:'How'useful'the'EUCIP'Core'as'supplementary'material'for'an'IT'professional?'
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and!the!Commission!cannot!be!held!responsible!for!any!use!which!may!be!made!of!the!information!contained!therein.!
After!summarizing!the!results,!it!can!be!concluded!that:!
1.! The!answers!are!not!influenced!by!the!fact!that!some!students!took!the!exam!in!English!and!some!
in!Hungarian.!Only!a!few!students!were!uncertain!about!the!suitability!of!the!chosen!language.!The!
rate!of!students!who!had!chosen!Hungarian!is!extremely!high.!
2.! The!opinion!about!the!preparation!is!extremely!positive.!
3.! The!good!preparation!in!classes!seems!to!lead!to!the!leaving!of!online!materials.!Very!few!students!
used!the!online!extra!materials.!By!the!possible!increase!of!examinee!and!the!spread!of!the!exam,!
the!rate!of!online!materials’!using!may!change!and!so!increase.!
4.! The!circumstances!of!the!exam!were!suitable.!The!students!felt!the!information!useful!and!upJtoJ
date.! The! opinion! of! students,! which! claim! the! material! useful! and! upJto! date,! came! up! to! the!
expectations!that!were!declared!in!a!previous!survey.!
FollowJup!recommendation!and!suggestions:!
1.! The!EUCIP!Core!is!upJtoJdate!enough!to!be!introduced!in!the!IT!education.!
2.! There!is!a!need!of!elaborated!Hungarian!materials.!However,!it!is!also!important!to!have!trainings!
and!exams!in!English.!
3.! The!translations!need!some!correction.!
4.! The!extra!trainings!are!useful!to!be!held!and!organized.!
5.! The!hard!copied!materials!and!online!materials!are!necessary!to!increase!the!exam!and!also!to!help!
individual!learning.!
The! questions! of! the! survey,! the! answers! and! materials! connected! to! this! examination! is! found! here:!
http://eucip.itstudy.hu!
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Project'basics'
Acronym:!IJT!Shape!
Title:!IJT!Shape!–!Shape!European!Level!Competitive!IT!Certification!for!the!Hungarian!Vocational!Education!!
Duration:!1.October!2013!–!30!September!2015!
Action!type:!Transfer!of!Innovation!!
Program:!Leonardo!da!Vinci!–!LLL!Subprogram!
Participating!countries:!Hungary,!Italy,!Ireland!
Website:!http://itJshape.hu!!!
Contact:!Mária!Hartyányi,!iTStudy!Hungary!Educational!and!Researching!Centre,!Hungary!
EJmail:!maria.hartyanyi@itstudy.hu,!skype:!hmaria718!
Partnership!
ITSTUDY!J!iTStudy!Hungary!Ltd.!! HU!
AICA!J!Association!of!Italian!Information!Technology! IT!!
ISF!J!IS!Fermi!in!Pontedera! IT!
ICS!J!The!Irish!Computer!Society! IE!
SZÁMALK!J!Szalézi!Vocational!Highschool! HU!!
ÖJSZIGK!J!Öveges!József!Vocational!and!Grammar!School! HU!
NJSZI!J!Neumann!János!Vocational!School!for!Information!Technology! HU!
GJMSZI!J!!Galamb!József!Agricultural!Vocational!School! HU!
NYME!J!University!of!West!Hungary! HU!
PMVA!J!Enterprise!Development!Foundation!of!Pest!Country! HU!
Target!groups!
Primary!target!group:!Hungarian!VET!students,!career!changers,!nonJqualified!IT!practitioners,!jobJseekers!
looking! to! break! into! the! industry,! secondary! target! group:! VET! teachers! and! trainers,! managers! and!
employees!of!SMEs!
Objectives!
Adaptation!and!localization!of!EUCIP!Core!in!Hungary!included!its!three!Knowledge!Areas!(Plan,!Build!and!
Operate),!elaborate!the!detailed!syllabuses!and!the!Hungarian!EUCIP!Core!Program.!Validating!the!results:!
piloting!the!first!module!by!involving!Hungarian!teachers,!50J60!participants!from!vocational/university!and!
adult!educational!institutes!Accrediting!EUCIP!Core!under!the!Hungarian!Program!Accreditation!System.!
Work&packages!
WP1! Project!Management!
WP2! Analysis!and!Design!
WP3! EUCIP!Core!Adaptation!
WP4! EUCIP!Core!Localization!
WP5! Pilot!trainings!
WP6! Evaluation!
WP7! Valorization!
WP8! Dissemination!
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