V Levels Must Build on BTECs
The UK's vocational education system for young people is undergoing a significant shift with the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper, aiming to tackle the widening skills gap in key industries.
Pearson, the UK's largest awarding organisation, believes in a broad qualifications landscape with clear pathways from foundational levels to degrees and higher technical qualifications.
The UK needs a broad qualifications landscape, offering clearly defined pathways from foundational levels through to degrees and higher technical and professional qualifications.
This will help build a highly skilled workforce capable of delivering on the UK's industrial strategy ambitions.
- BTECs have proven strengths that V Levels must build upon.
- A broad qualifications landscape is necessary for a highly skilled workforce.
- Pearson has extensive experience in delivering post-16 qualifications, including BTECs, A levels, and T Levels.
Author's summary: V Levels should enhance BTECs, not replace them.