The scale of the challenge to transform childcare into a graduate-led profession is underlined by a survey showing that early years advanced apprentices are scoring the worst success rates across the entire work-based learning sector.
In 2005-2006, more than two-thirds of them failed to gain their full framework award of NVQ 3, key skills and technical certificate, according to the report by the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI).
The main stumbling block is the widespread failure to gain key skills qualifications in literacy and numeracy, raising concerns that the development of these crucial skills in young children is being entrusted to people who have not mastered them.
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