Jokers Wild
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:47 am
talking about cuts4,500 'Mickey Mouse' courses to face the axe...
including the 'GCSE' in claiming benefits
By Kate Loveys
21st July 2011
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1ShvnmpYB
For example an NVQ level 2 in hairdressing is worth the equivalent of six GCSEs,
but students never cut hair because health and safety regulations ban the use of scissors.
The number of ‘equivalent’ qualifications taken in schools ballooned by almost 4,000 per cent under Labour –
from 15,000 a year in 2004 to 575,000 last year.