The phrase "achieving qualifications" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the process of obtaining or meeting certain educational or professional standards.
Example: "After years of hard work and dedication, she is finally achieving qualifications that will allow her to advance in her career."
Alternatives: "gaining qualifications" or "obtaining qualifications".
It was never taken seriously as an alternative way of achieving qualifications.
And, second, while the UK and Chinese education systems are not that different, the strong focus in China on study and achieving qualifications means many young people enrol in higher education due to pressure from family or the jobs market rather than their own motivation.
"I think the younger generations have been pushed towards achieving qualifications in other fields and having a career outside of the farm".
Johnson, now 17, has achieved qualifications in employability and is working towards his level 1 in literacy and numeracy.
The Skills for Life strategy placed particular emphasis on helping adults achieve qualifications in order to succeed at work.
"By dismantling the current age-related GCSE structure and replacing it with new national standards in key subjects, we aim to remove barriers, encourage participation and allow students to achieve qualifications as and when they are ready to do so".
Young people from lower social classes not only have fewer opportunities to achieve qualifications for higher education but also attain an intermediate school-leaving certificate less often.
The WJEC said it was "of paramount importance for WJEC that learners in Wales achieve qualifications that have the same 'currency' and hence portability as their counterparts across the UK".
If parents have at least an intermediate school-leaving qualification and a vocational qualification or degree, then their children achieve qualifications for higher education significantly more frequently, and it is much less often the case that their maximum level of achievement is a lower secondary school-leaving qualification.
And Elizabeth Rasekoala, director of the African-Caribbean Network for Science and Technology--an organisation set up in 1995 to help black students achieve qualifications and jobs in science, engineering, and technology--is always looking for volunteers who will make a minimum commitment of one session per week for one school term.
Children whose fathers work as unskilled and semi-skilled workers or as skilled workers or technicians achieve qualifications for higher education much less often than children whose fathers belong to the upper employment class, and it is significantly more often the case that the maximum level achievement for these children will be a lower secondary school-leaving certificate.
