This is down from 82 per cent of students taking and completing a T-Level the previous year, reveals new analysis of yesterday’s Level 3 results.
Carried out by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), the analysis suggests there has been a ‘sharp decrease’ in students completing their T-Levels.
It says that comparing the latest data to that of last year and pre-pandemic completion rates of 79 and 76 per cent for applied general and tech level qualifications, it seems to suggest that many students are facing challenges in these qualifications.
Sam Tuckett, associate director at the Education Policy Institute, said, ‘Exploring the T level results, we find high drop-out rates for these new qualifications, with only 66 per cent of students completing in 2023. This figure is significantly lower than the pre-pandemic completion rates for applied general and tech level qualifications. Given this, serious consideration should be given to the Government’s plans to remove alternative qualifications that T levels overlap with.
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