T-levels, launched in 2020, are vocational {qualifications} geared toward 16-to-19-year-olds, exterior in England, which focus extra on sensible topics than tutorial ones.
Each course lasts two years and is roughly equal to 3 A-levels.
The qualification features a combination of each classroom studying and on-the-job expertise, with a piece placement of not less than 315 hours – or about 9 weeks – making up roughly 20% of the course.
T-levels are designed to cater for college students who need a substitute for A-levels however don’t want to take an apprenticeship, which normally requires as a lot as 80% of a pupil’s time to be spent with an employer.
Final grades are based mostly on a mixture of exams, coursework and completion of the business placement.
In 2023, the general go fee for the three,448 college students taking the qualification was 90.5% (3,119).
But figures present that solely two-thirds accomplished the course (5,210 college students started a T-level three years in the past).
That compares with a retention fee of 95% for A-level college students and 92% for these taking utilized common {qualifications} in the identical 12 months.