Nursery World - Cross-party MPs call for a 'pause' on shake-up to post-16 qualifications

Cross-party MPs are calling on the Department for Education (DfE) to put a ‘pause’ on plans to shake-up post-16 qualifications or risk making skill shortages worse.

The cross-party MPs highlight concerns surrounding T-Levels, the technical alternative to A-Levels, including lack of awareness of the qualification PHOTO: Adobe Stock

The Education Committee’s new report on the Future of Post-16 qualifications outlines concerns over plans to withdraw funding from AGQs, such as BTECs, before there is sufficient time for the evaluation and roll-out of T-Levels, the recently introduced technical alternative to A-Levels.

The report, which follows on from an inquiry into post-16 qualifications, flags the following concerns surrounding the qualification, including:

The committee is calling on the DfE to improve recognition of T-Levels among students, parents and employers with an awareness campaign to raise the profile of the qualification. It warns that without addressing awareness, the success of T-Levels will be impeded.

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