For too long the system has been devalued by attempts to pretend that all qualifications are intrinsically the same. Young people have taken courses that have led nowhere.
Education Secretary MichaelGove said: The weaknesses in our current system were laid bare by Prof Wolfs incisive and r-reaching review. The changes we are will take time, but will transform the lives of young people.
Courses that lead nowhere taken off league tables,A list of over 3,000 vocational courses will be whittled down to just 70 GCSE equivalents. The first league tables that will be reflective of the changes will be published from January 2015 onwards.
The changes are a result of a report by ProfCourses that lead nowhere taken off league tables Alison Wolf whicvocational trainingh reviewed how vocational education for 14- to 19-year-olds can be improved in order to promote successful progression into the labour market and into higher level education and training routes.
The government has announced it is to remove 3000 vocational subjects from school league tables
Many schools are said to be using these courses, which include nail technology, tourism and fish husbandry, to boost their league table positions, as results for these topics tend to be higher than more traditional subjects.
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