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Concern over short window for early years T-Level consultation

The DfE is steaming ahead with a consultation on the content of the T-Level in education and childcare, sparking criticism for the two week deadline it has given.

The Department for Education revealed at the weekend it is pushing back the introduction of some T-Levels until after 2022 following concerns from senior civil servants and business leaders that the programme is being rushed.

However, the first three T-Levels in education and childcare, digital and construction are still scheduled to be rolled out from 2020, and a consultation on their content has also just been published by the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA), giving people until 10 June to respond.

The Association of Employment and Learning (AELP) has raised concern about the quality of feedback to the consultations given the short timescale.

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