NUS UK has celebrated the step towards retaining BTECs despite senior Labour members’ calls to scrap them in favour of T Levels.
The Government have fulfilled their commitment to pause and review the Conservative’s controversial plan to scrap BTECs, despite Lord Sainsbury and Gordon Brown urging them not to.
The review comes after pressure from Further Education campaigners, including the Association of Sixth Form Colleges, the Right 2 Learn coalition, and NUS.
Commenting, NUS UK Vice President, Qasim Hussain, said:
“We are so pleased to that the government has decided to pause and review the plan to scrap BTECs.
“Reforming vocational qualifications shouldn't mean reducing choices. The development of T-levels does not necessitate the scrapping of BTECs; they fulfil the various learning needs of different students.
“Students who choose vocational education should have the same amount of choice as students who choose academic education. For this reason, we believe BTECs are an important part of our further education landscape.
“We're looking forward to working with our members in further education to shape the review and protect student choice”
