Ofqual reveal AO market share
Sometimes what appears to be the dullest report turns up something really interesting. In the Ofqual annual review there is a detailed section on ow the 240,000 Functional Skills qualifications ave been distributed amongst the Awarding organisations.
My reading would suggest that Edexcel are very pleased, AQA are not, OCR and C&G are neither happy [...]
Governments response to Wolf report due this week?
The Telegraph published a story today about the news that students will be reuired to study English and Maths post 16 until they leave college or school.
The BBC has a report from the CBI that bemoans the lack of Functional Skills of students leaving school.
The Daily Mail reported on Saturday 7th May that the Government [...]
Functional Skills tests
A piece in the TES (FE Focus) today.
It details the problems that students suffer if they are not prepared for the problem solving aspects of the Functional Skills assessments. One comment caught my eye though.
Debbie Ribchester, curriculum manager at the Association of Colleges, said: “Functional skills are certainly seen as more academically rigorous, and [...]
More rumblings about lack of employability skills
More rumblings as we spotted this on BBC Radio 5.
Sounds like the person in question is describing functional skills?
Guroo has also launched a site for students to access who go to schools that are not subscribers to the normal guroo service. Click here for more details of www.myguroo.co.uk
Unfit for work story rumbles on
This story has now moved away from the heavies and into the more popular press, it’s made the Daily Mail front page on Friday.
School leavers unfit for work: ‘Firms forced to spend billions on remedial training for victims of education failure’
By KATE LOVEYS
It isn’t going away, and it won’t go away whilst young people are [...]
More support for Functional Skills
Lots of good press comment and support for Functional Skills today including this news item, from Edexcel.
However, this should not take away from the fact that Functional Skills are challenging, worthwhile qualifications, denoting a marker of student excellence. Our Functional Skills results will be published online shortly to reflect this.
Britain’s young people have the wrong skills for the workplace, warn business leaders
A story picked up that is very close the vocational and functional skills debate in the Daily Telegraph on March 28th by Louisa Peacock.
Key industries including aerospace, engineering and IT are suffering as a result of the practical skills dearth, according to business leaders.
Just 16pc of companies think the education system teaches young people the [...]
Federation of Awarding Bodies response to Wolf
This piece appeared on the FAB site this morning.
It always seems polite for any organisation’s response to the latest Government policy proposal or the newest worthy report to be peppered with the words ‘We welcome …’ and ‘We are pleased to see…’ even if the organisation had to search to the last chapter to find [...]
Guroo launches new Functional Skills resources
Guroo, the leading publishers of resources and learning content for functional skills in the UK, have published their first Entry Level materials.
More information from www.guroo.info
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