Responding to the Department for Education's reform proposals to level 2 qualifications, Catherine Sezen, Education Director at the Association of Colleges said: “It is vital students have clear progression pathways, but these proposals risk creating more complexity for students and employers in an already confusing landscape.
“When they start their studies aged 16, a lot of students are unclear if they want to get a job or continue in education after college, let alone at an even younger age when they might be faced with making such course choices. Having separate qualifications based on fixed academic, technical or employment routes could mean many get stuck down the wrong path with nowhere to go.
“It is also simply not viable for a college to run such a multiplicity of courses with many likely to be forced to take a utilitarian approach, going with what benefits the majority and leaving some students with less choice.
