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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is not a recognised qualification.
At the same time, you're gaining a recognised qualification, developing your knowledge and skillset, and you're getting paid while you learn.
Employers do value GCSEs because they're a recognised qualification and an indication of ability, but they're not the be-all and end-all.
It's easy to see the benefits for apprentices: a recognised qualification, the opportunity to learn and earn at the same time, and no student debt.
"I want to get a recognised qualification which will help me stay away from the lifestyle that keeps bringing me back inside.
Back in Jamaica, I'd done a business degree with an American distance learning college but discovered that it wasn't a recognised qualification in the UK.
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A year-long apprenticeship programme emphasising English and maths leads to a nationally recognised qualification.
And, when you have finished, you not only have an internationally recognised qualification from an excellent institution; you are not only emerging, like an English student of 30 years ago, without any debt at all; you have also acquired a good command of a useful foreign language.
McDonald's is offering us a "nationally recognised qualification that will enhance your CV".
If you want a serious career in TEFL, you need an internationally recognised qualification: The British Council does not accredit qualifications, but for our own purposes we require that our teachers have a qualification, at least at certificate level that is about 100 to 120 hours in length and has six to 10 hours observed and assessed teaching practice.
This did not stop many aspiring lawyers from all over the world, and particularly emerging countries such as China and Korea, choosing to study in the US rather than the UK, because it promised an internationally recognised qualification that would allow them to practise immediately, without the need to take a training contract.
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