The employment market, not politicians, decides on the "parity of esteem" between qualifications.
Sunak proposes big reform to 16-19 year-old education. A-Levels and T-Levels will be abolished and replaced with a new “Advanced British Standard”, consisting of five different subjects and ending any perceived inferiority of technical versus academic study. Details: “We will introduce the new rigorous, knowledge rich Advanced British Standard…
…which will bring together A-Levels and T-Levels into a new, single qualification for our school leavers.
First, this will finally deliver on the promise of parity of esteem between academic and technical education.
Because ALL students will sit the Advanced British Standard.
Second, we will raise the floor, ensuring that our children leave school literate and numerate.
Because with the Advanced British Standard ALL students will study some form of English and maths to 18, with extra help for those who struggle most.
In our country no child should be left behind.”