Sentence examples for vocational equivalent from inspiring English sources
Mitchell Institute research shows that 26% of students fail to finish school or a vocational equivalent.
Second, we need a vocational equivalent to the Higher Education Statistics Agency that tracks quality and employability rates for universities.
After the 2008 recession, youngsters without a university degree or its vocational equivalent fared especially badly (see chart).
About 70% of 16-year-olds get five good GCSEs or the vocational equivalent, up from 46%.
According to Mary Murphy, Maharam's director of design, they were the upholstery of choice for dot-com offices, where the workstation was, for a while at least, the vocational equivalent of an extreme sport.
Responding to a review last year by Lord Leitch, ministers set a target for 90% of adults to have at least an intermediate-level qualification (five good GCSEs or the vocational equivalent) by 2020.
Only this week, it was acknowledged in the high court that results at academies are frequently swollen by vocational equivalents that the minister himself long ago repudiated.
With the rankings hitherto centring on the proportions of pupils achieving five A*-C grades, in GCSEs or vocational equivalents, including English and maths, the incentive has been for schools to focus on English and maths and, it is claimed by teachers of these subjects, avoid "harder" GCSEs such as history or languages.
Education was measured in four categories: 'no qualifications', 'compulsory education' (O-levels or general certificate of secondary education), 'further education' (A-levels and vocational equivalents) and 'higher education' (degree level).
The new measure is to be counted in school and college league tables from 2017, combining three strands: an approved vocational qualification equivalent to a level 3 national vocational qualification, a "core maths" qualification and an "extended project" designed to test skills in communication, research and motivation.
Some schools switch weaker pupils to BTecs, coursework-based vocational qualifications equivalent to GCSEs, and falsify their marks, claims research.
