Opinion: Editor's view - NVQs need to be the gateway to professional childcare

Nursery World regularly receives comments from managers and owners that people gaining an NVQ qualification are often not adequately prepared for working in a nursery. Some do not have the underpinning knowledge necessary, some struggle with literacy and numeracy. There are suspicions that candidates are passed before they are ready so that targets are met, and examples of assessors practically writing students' assignments for them! All this leads to the 'skills gap' Ms...