Thursday, March 1, 2012
Government unveils plans for post-16 education reform
In today’s newspapers, the Scottish Government has outlined reforms for post 16 education. Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has unveiled plans to smooth out the learner journey from school into further or higher education and vocational training. Mr Russell also revealed plans to widen apprenticeship access to degree level and progress college mergers where demand exists. Plans have been welcomed by Universities Scotland and the NUS. The NUS have particularly welcomed the commitment to a minimum income of £7000 per year for university students. More details of this are expected of this in the summer.
The reforms follow the ‘Review of post 16 education and vocational training’ which was carried out by Willy Roe CBE. The report stated that the learner should be put at the centre of all education reforms and called for a re-think in how we fund post 16 education and encourage all learners to reach their full potential.
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