The Government abolished all the NTOs, including the Early Years NTO, on 31 March and intends to replace them with a smaller number of Sector Skills Councils (SSCs).
Richard Dorrance, chief executive of the Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education (CACHE), said that while he agreed that a changeover from NTOs to SSCs was necessary because 'there were some rogue NTOs out there not doing their job', the Government's approach had been wrong. 'There should have been a transition. Why the Government did it in this way I don't think we'll ever know. It could have been managed much more carefully.'
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