Chancellor Philip Hammond confirmed the launch of new T-Level qualifications during his Budget speech on Tuesday.
The new system is designed to put technical construction qualifications on a par with A-Levels.
The £500m-a-year investment in T-Levels will benefit 16-19 year-olds in 15 different sectors with construction prominent among them.
The new qualifications will replace the current confusing plethora of more than 13,000 technical qualifications.
All youngsters on the new courses will also be offered at least a three-month work placement and student grant style loans if they decide to continue into higher-level technical education.
Hammond said: “We languish near the bottom of international league tables for technical education and there is still a lingering doubt about the parity of technical qualifications – today we end that with T levels.”
from Construction Enquirer http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2017/03/08/new-t-levels-to-revolutionise-construction-training/
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