More work needed to persuade young people to take construction T-levels, minister admits

By Tom Lowe2023-03-14T09:42:00

Take-up of new technical qualifications still far behind BTECs

The government still has work to do to persuade young people to take the new T-level qualifications for construction, the minister for young people has told Building.

Mims Davies, the under-secretary of state for social mobility, youth and progression, admitted the technical qualifications were only just “getting into young people’s psyches”.

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