4 in 10 black children 'will be blocked from university' Government plans to defund BTECs will entrench race inequality, say experts by Sarah Danquah
: “They seem to want less and less people from lower social economic backgrounds to go to University. They’re making it harder and harder for people to get in.“BTECs like sports and business traditionally attracted black children and I think it’s going to be less uptake for black students in A-levels.” from the Social Market Foundation found that the career-focused and skills-based qualifications rooted in the workplace are crucial for the education of many black students.
Minister plan to abolish funding for BTECs to pave the way for T-levels instead, and published a provisional list ofMany MPs spoke for the continuation of funding, as some of them have benefited from BTECSs themselves. Akinde added: “I’ve got two 19-year-old twins; one of them did the traditional A-level route and did really well at that. The other did BTECs in business and sports and did really well. He wouldn’t have been able to cope with A-levels because of the content.”expressing “concerns about the Government’s plans to cut funding for the majority of BTECS qualifications.”
“We recognise that some students do not always know what they want to do at 16 and that is why we need outstanding information, advice and guidance to support them to make good choices.”for putting pressure on universities to ditch their involvement with a race equality charter.tension’But Universities in England hit back, accusing the minister of “crossing the line” in her bid to stoke another culture war.
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