Government pauses plan to abolish technical qualifications

Education secretary announces year’s delay to unpopular defunding plans, and accepts role of many BTecs

Ministers’ planned abolition of technical qualifications is to be delayed for a year, with reassurances that many BTecs are likely to continue to feature in the post-16 education landscape after an outcry from the sector.

The education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, told MPs during the second reading of the skills and post-16 education bill in Commons on Monday that the government’s “ambitious” reforms were being slowed down to allow the sector more time to prepare for the changes.

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