Sentences with phrase «valued vocational qualifications»

But now the Department for Education has set out strict new criteria so that what it says are only valued vocational qualifications are recognised in the tables.

Not exact matches

Others may decide to take a degree course by correspondence, or to go to a vocational college where a portfolio of work is of more value than any qualifications.

Conservative leader Michael Howard has called for an end to the «snobbery» that values academic qualifications higher than vocational paths.

The DUP also call for «greater value being placed on vocational qualifications» in their manifesto.

Ministers have cut the value of more than 3,100 vocational qualifications, ending their recognition in England's school league tables.

Children could be taught how to calculate change in house prices, or the value of mortgages, as part of new vocational maths qualifications announced today.

«The staple offer for between a quarter and a third of the post-16 cohort is a diet of low - level vocational qualifications, most of which have little to no labour market value,» said the Wolf Report.

Schools Minister Nick Gibb said he wanted to be sure that the vocational qualifications taken by 14 to 16 - year - olds genuinely lead to further education and are valued by employers.

According to the Times Educational Supplement, a surge in demand for a vocational qualification called BTEC First has meant it contributed more to league table values last year than all the GCSE English and maths passes put together.