Education experts warned that the PM's proposals are doomed to break down without education reform, since previous attempts to introduce a baccalaureate system in the UK have failed to catch on
“Schools realised it was a very good qualification for all-rounders, but by the age of 16 people are becoming a lot clearer about the things they like doing and the things that they’re good at. And people don’t necessarily want to be taking English or maths to the age of 18,” he told“I like to think of education as a great British oak tree, where there are many many branches of people doing different things – Sunak is seeing it as a conifer, where everybody goes up the same long trunk.
Typical university offers usually require IB scores between 40 and 42 points out of 45 across most subjects, rather than top scores in particular subjects that students want to pursue at undergraduate level. Geoff Barton, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders , said that while there was “merit” in looking at a wider range of subjects in post-16 education, “the idea of a ‘British Baccalaureate’ is no more than a sketchy slogan, with the Prime Minister’s rehashed plan for“Would the British Baccalaureate replace A-levels, T-levels, BTECs, and existing functional skills qualifications, incorporate them, or be layered on top of them?” he said.
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