Sentences with phrase «vocational qualifications from»

Our most recent research using the 2014 GCSE results (which excluded many vocational qualifications from counting towards school performance, and reduced the contribution to the total point score of those qualifications included) suggests the improvement was because of disproportionate use of GCSE equivalent qualifications in sponsored academies compared to similar maintained schools.

Not exact matches

Society as a whole must recognise that educationally and economically positive returns can be gained from the majority of vocational qualifications for young people.»

As well as English and maths, it will measure how well pupils perform in at least three subjects from the English Baccalaureate — sciences, history, geography, languages — and Computer Science, and in three additional subjects, whether those are arts subjects, academic subjects or high quality vocational qualifications.

There was, however, a decline in the number of pupils taking core subjects such as geography and history and modern languages, and a marked rise in the number of non - academic / vocational qualifications being taken, particularly by pupils from the poorest backgrounds or those attending schools in disadvantaged areas.

The report suggests that this could be because high attaining pupils were the first to be encouraged by their schools to enter the EBacc, whereas lower attaining pupils may have been steered away from vocational qualifications in the direction of the arts.

On opportunities for young people, Neil said: «This is an exciting and, often, daunting moment for young people and there is a fantastic array of options available that act as a springboard to a good career, from technical and vocational qualifications to academic routes.

«In contrast, those with medium or low prior attainment may have initially been guided towards arts subjects, away from vocational qualifications,» it said.

In this video I have discussed how to make statistical inference from summary statistics using median shift; overall visible shift and informal confidence interval for medians for the weekly wage of people with degree and vocational qualification with a sample size of 30 of both groups

Then there is the choice of three subjects from the English Baccalaureate (core academic subjects), and any other three from the DfE's approved list of qualifications - including vocational qualifications.

According to recent figures from Ucas, over a quarter of English students accepted to university in 2015 held at least one BTEC (Business and Technician Education Council) in their qualification set, while business leaders have spoken in support of vocational study.

We do need to demand high academic standards from as many lessons as possible, and I think it's the kind of core academic skills in literacy and numeracy, which actually are the truly vocational qualifications.

** Min Qualifications ** Graduation from a Licensed Vocational Nurse program and licensure / permit as a vocational nurse in the stateVocational Nurse program and licensure / permit as a vocational nurse in the statevocational nurse in the state of Texas.