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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams Education editor

T-level qualifications still less popular and more expensive than BTecs, watchdog finds

A student in a mechanic's environment reaching for a wrench.
The DfE has had to downgrade its initial forecast of 100,000 students enrolled in T-levels by 2027 to fewer than 50,000. Photograph: Vincent Isore/ZUMA Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Popular sixth-form vocational qualifications such as BTecs should be retained until the success of T-level qualifications can be fully evaluated, the National Audit Office (NAO) has suggested.

In its investigation into the introduction of the new qualification launched in 2020, the NAO noted that T-levels had been less popular and more expensive than alternatives, with only 25,000 students enrolled this year, hampered by “uncertain” economic benefits.

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