Meeting the needs of the economy Flashcards
conservative 1979- 1997
YTS
NVQs
GNVQs
ERA- National curriculum
YTS
conservative 1979- 1997
On the job training for 16- 17 NEETs - traniees were paid , on a courses but if they rejected there opportuines they have their benefits taken away
NVQs
conservative 1979- 1997
Assessments lead qualifications that focused on specific vacations - work-based , plumbing, restriction, capertnrty
Education Reform Act - national curriculum
conservative 1979- 1997
offered a standardisation and ensured a certain level of education was accessed
preparing a numerate and literate workforce
New Labour 1997-2010
14-19 diploma
New deal
Literacy and Numeracy
14-19 Diploma
New Labour 1997-2010
a range of qualifications in different vocations or ‘insrest if learning’ , creative media , travel and tourism
provides a respected route into further and higher education or employment
New deal
New Labour 1997-2010
large pice of legisaltion that aimed to get unemployed people and NEETs back into work - they gained skilled ready for work skills
if they refused this opportunities people would have their benefits taken away
Literacy and Numeracy
New Labour 1997-2010
Rasing standards to make better qualifications for the workplace
Embedding these within ALL lessons for ALL subjects with the aim of creating a more numerate and literate workforce.
Coalition 2010 - 2015
Adaption of apprenticeships ( expanded under David Cameron)
GCSE/A levels reform ( continued after 2015)
Adaption of apprenticeships
Coalition 2010 - 2015
ablity to learn whilst you earn - Minimum wage for Apprenticeships was £3.50ph – Trained in ‘skills employers want’ (Driven by David Cameron).
GCSE/A levels reform
coalition 2010- 2015
Focus on making these ‘harder’ therefore making a better-skilled workforce in the future and raising competition. New grading system at GCSE to show those who excel etc. A levels - Added new contemporary content - To create a highly skilled workforce in a globalised world.
Conservative 2015- present
Further increase of apprenticeships
GCSE/A levels reform
Further increase of apprenticeships
Conservative 2015- present
David Cameron aimed to continue to expand on and invest in Apprenticeships (‘Earn whilst you learn’) that were introduced under the coalition – Continued to promote learning ‘skills employers want’.
Further increase of apprenticeships
GCSE/A levels reform
Conservative 2015- present
Development and continuation of implementation of changes to GCSEs and Linear A Levels - Focus on making these ‘harder’ therefore making a better skilled workforce in the future and raising competition on a global scale (economic competition between countries).
