As a trainer in early years care and education, I'm always conscious of applying principles of equal opportunity to course modules, not only as a trainee's duty to the children in placement but also as a benchmark for the treatment of colleagues and parents alike. Yet, while issues of racial and cultural difference, sexual preference, disability and gender ride high in the equal opportunities policies charts, the question of accessibility of students to courses in equal measures can be overlooked.
The National Vocational Qualification should be as easily refined in mid-Wales as anywhere else in the UK, but the mechanics of delivery are rarely consistent and it is a source of frustration to promising students that user-friendly NVQs through the medium of Welsh are hard to find.
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