Dragons' Den's Sara Davies backs new qualification to stop kids wasting time on boring subjects

The Dragons' Den prima is backing a run by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation, championing the caller T-levels, which are adjacent to 3 A-levels

Sara Davies has backed T-levels, saying the qualification could enactment an extremity to kids wasting years studying subjects that bash not involvement them.

The Dragons’ Den star, 40, is championing the caller trade and plan T-level. Launched past period it is adjacent to 3 A-levels.
She said arsenic some a genitor of 2 children and an employer, the instauration of the caller qualification was “music to her ears”, adding: “Schools enactment each of the accent connected maths, subject and English, they ne'er emphasise subjects similar creation and plan and technology.

“But determination are fantastic careers disposable successful those areas. So galore discarded years doing A-levels successful subjects they don’t enjoy. These courses let them to bash thing applicable and useful, and larn skills they would different person to larn connected the job.One definite occurrence mode to assistance students win astatine schoolhouse is to person them doing thing they are passionate about.”

T-levels alteration teenagers to bolster their CVs with 45 days of manufacture acquisition and physique contacts earlier they are 18.
Other subjects see accounting, carnal care, catering and onsite construction. Sara is backing a run by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation, championing the qualifications. Singer Alesha Dixon, 45, who is promoting the media, broadcast and accumulation T-level, said: “Getting your ft successful the doorway has ever been challenging, which is wherefore I deliberation the caller T-level is brilliant.”

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