Press Release
Edexcel welcomes decision to include science BTECs in attainment and achievement tables
20 July 2007
Edexcel has welcomed news that BTEC First Certificates and First Diplomas in science will be included in the science indicator of 2007 Attainment and Achievement Tables.
The Government's original decision, which was to exclude the qualifications from the tables, had not accounted for the substantial increase in pupils taking the BTEC science qualifications this year and next. After Edexcel and others raised this issue with the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), a Ministerial decision was made to include both BTEC First Certificates and First Diplomas in the new Key Stage 4 science indicator.
Isabel Sutcliffe, Edexcel's Director of Qualifications and Acceditation said: "This is the right decision. The UK needs more scientists and by recognising the achievements of learners taking science BTECs, we will encourage more students to work towards this qualification."
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