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T-level qualifications still less popular and more expensive than BTecs, watchdog finds
The NAO has suggested that more popular vocational qualifications should be retained until T-levels can be fully evaluated
Popular sixth-form vocational qualifications such as BTecs should be retained until the success of T-level qualifications can be fully evaluated, the National Audit Office (NAO) has suggested.
In its investigation into the introduction of the new qualification launched in 2020, the NAO noted that T-levels had been less popular and more expensive than alternatives, with only 25,000 students enrolled this year, hampered by “uncertain” economic benefits. Continue reading...
