Modern Apprenticeships help bridge the gap between work and school.
Doing a Modern Apprenticeship (MA) offers you the chance to take a National Vocational Qualification and learn the skills needed for a specific job and get a certificate at the end of it all.
With an Advanced Modern Apprenticeship qualification, you could go on to higher education via a Foundation Degree.
A Modern Apprenticeship allows you to work and train towards a qualification employers value and get paid at the same time.
There would be a new programme called Entry to Employment (E2E) for students who are not yet ready for the Modern Apprenticeship.
By 2005, all 16-17 year olds with 5 GCSE passes at grades A* to G (including English and maths) will be entitled to a Modern Apprenticeship place. 16-17 year olds without these grades will also be entitled to an MA place if they do well enough during E2E (see above) and if they have Level 1 Key Skills in communication and application of number.
If you haven't yet got the basic skills, you would be entitled to continue studying literacy, numeracy and ICT to Level 2.
If you are interested in finding out more about Modern Apprenticeships, please visit the following websites:
England: www.realworkrealpay.info
Scotland: www.modernapprenticeships.com
Wales: www.elwa.org.uk/elwaweb/portal.aspx |