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Nine News: Ingrid Miley, Industry & Employment Correspondent, reports the international educational body suspended certification of the courses in the north east
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One News: Ingrid Miley, Industry & Employment Correspondent, reports that FÁS Director-General Paul O'Toole says an expert is assessing if there are further problems with courses
This follows the investigation of two training courses which had falsified course results in the northeast.
City and Guilds says that after their one independent investigations that the two courses have been issued with verification reports.
Critics are concerned that the controversy will place a question mark both in Ireland and abroad over the validity of all FÁS certified courses.
It emerged in recent days that a trainer in a company contracted by FÁS to do training courses had manipulated test results to pass students who should have failed.
