A report by MPs on the Education and Skills Select Committee expressedserious concerns about the readiness of the diplomas and urged theGovernment to treat the first year of the scheme as a pilot to iron outany problems. The committee says expansion of the diplomas, which mixacademic and vocational education, must take place "at a slow andcontrolled rate" and avoid the temptation to "press ahead to achieve'quick wins'."
John Hayes, shadow minister for vocational education, said: "Given themagnitude of the change it is vitally important that introduction of thediplomas should not be rushed. Yet the report reveals concerns that thetime-scale for the introduction of the diplomas is too tight."
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