The prime minister wants to create a new qualification called the 'Advanced British Standard'.
The prime minister said he wanted to create a new qualification called the “Advanced British Standard” to put technical and academic education on an equal footing.The prime minister said he was taking “a long-term decision to address the problems with our 16 to 19 education system”.
“A quarter of our children leave education without the basic literacy and numeracy they need to fulfil their potential. And our students study too narrow a range of subjects.“Today, I am changing all of that, pulling one of the biggest levers we have to change the direction of our country.
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