Montessori Education UK (MEUK), the national umbrella organisation which represents many Montessori training centres, has requested a meeting with the DfEE to discuss fears that the qualifications will not be recognised because they do not appear on the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's accredited early years framework. Two Conservative MPs, Patrick Nicholls and Christopher Chope, have expressed their support.
MEUK chairman Helen Prochazka said although there were rumours that Montessori qualifications might not be recognised under the new national care standards, there was nothing in writing to back this up. But she said there was no need to panic. 'Faced with a shortage of trained and qualified early childhood workers, the Government is not about to disqualify six per cent of its trained national workforce.'
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