In an article for the Telegraph, Bashaarat claimed that
although vocational qualifications are «highly rated» by universities, many parents remain «in the dark» about the pathways the that BTECs open up for learners and added that the qualifications were «victims of intellectual and class snobbery».
The publication of the GCSE results gives the clearest picture of which subjects are most popular -
although the results do not include
vocational qualifications taken by increasing numbers of students.