an article by Sally Weale Education correspondent published in the Guardian
Education secretary to launch consultation to check courses are fit for purpose
The government is planning to streamline post-16 qualifications in England, scrapping funding for what it sees as poor-quality courses that fail to equip young people adequately for further education or employment.
In addition to A-levels and the new T-level vocational qualifications, there are 12,000 post-16 qualifications available, many of which overlap in the same subject areas, causing confusion among students and employers.
The education secretary, Damian Hinds, is to launch a consultation reviewing the post-16 qualification landscape – excluding A-levels and T-levels – looking at applied general qualifications and technical certificates among others to check they are fit for purpose.
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