The government is being urged to scrap the English Baccalaureate (Ebacc) and rebrand Design & Technology currently taught in schools as part of a massive effort to boost vocational education take-up and develop more young people with the skills and knowledge required to fill STEM skills gaps.
The number of students taking D&T at GCSE fell by 62% between 2008 and 2018 – image courtesy of Depositphotos. The number of pupils studying Design & Technology (D&T) has plummeted over the past decade, compounded by an increasing shortage of specialist teachers in the subject and investment in the equipment…
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