Students are being urged to pay almost 500 for a childcare course that is neither accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) nor recognised under the daycare regulations.
International Correspondence Schools (ICS), a private provider of distance learning courses, has told potential students in the latest issue of ICS Study that they 'don't need any previous experience or qualifications to take this course and you'll learn everything from child growth and development, to setting up a childcare facility'.
But Richard Dorrance, chief executive of the Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education, said, 'The ICS course is not on the list of acceptable qualifications or on the QCA framework, and the Early Years National Training Organisation advises people it is not acceptable under the daycare regulations.
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