Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Nicholas Dakin Excerpts
Monday 22nd April 2013

(11 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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The tech bacc is intended to recognise high-quality vocational education, including written work and maths. The key thing is that the occupational qualifications included will be developed and signed off by employers, because employers are vital to ensure that when we teach people vocational skills, those skills can be put to good use.

Nicholas Dakin Portrait Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)
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Changes to AS and A-levels are planned for 2015, as well as changes to GCSEs. What assessment have the Government made of the impact of that conflagration of curriculum changes on young people, schools and colleges?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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It will raise standards.