Dear All
I can only hope that someone will come to their senses and such a
disaster will never happen.
We know some 30,000 students curently benefit from this excellent 'A'
level. This figure has grown rapidly in a few short years and I am sure
will continue to do so. Compare this with the decline in numbers for
some other 'A' levels and the notion of 'choice' looks farcical. In my
school, Business Studies is the second most popular choice at 'A' level.
>From September, 'A' level B.S. and GNVQ Advanced Business will be on
offer in my school and will attract students into both courses. To force
them all into a 'vocational' route would be hugely unsatisfactory for
many students. Although Advanced GNVQ is becoming more widely accepted
by Universities nationwide, the qualifification is still not there yet as
a currency for entry into many Universities. I can only assume therefore
that many students will be reluctant to follow the study of advanced
business via a vocational pathway, if at the end of their vocational
studies, a complete choice of University destinations does not exist
ahead of them. This would force would-be students of Business into the
remaining 'traditional' 'A' levels and eventually into careers in the
Sciences and Engineering. We (well I do anyway!)read much about the
apparent lack of interest in such careers these days and perhaps this is
the hidden agenda.
Doug Elliot
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