The Association of Learning Providers has raised concerns that the practice undermines the quality of Apprenticeships and its own efforts to increase the proportion of young people completing the programmes.
A spokesman for the association said that moving young people on to Apprenticeships who were not ready for or suited to the course would lead to a higher failure rate. "Such a development would reverse the growing confidence in Apprenticeships being expressed across society," he said.
Stephen Gardner, director of work-based learning at the Learning and Skills Council, defended the measure, arguing that the college learners being targeted were already doing elements of Apprenticeships, including national qualifications such as NVQs.
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