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<p>Following our reforms to apprenticeships, we are making significant reforms to
technical education, the centrepiece being the introduction of T levels - a high quality
and rigorous technical alternative to academic education. T levels will be two-year
classroom-based technical training programmes for 16 to 19 year olds, which include
a technical qualification, work placement, English and maths and any other components
required by employers. The first teaching of T levels will begin in September 2020
with all routes available from September 2022. We will be investing up to an additional
£500 million a year on T levels once fully rolled out.</p><p>This builds on our reforms
to apprenticeships, making them longer, better, with more off-the-job training and
proper assessment at the end. We are also encouraging employers to take on younger
apprentices aged 16 to 18, through incentives to employers and training providers.
We have also introduced a new careers strategy which sets out how we will go further
to make sure that young people can talk regularly to employers and training providers
while they are still at school. This includes a new law, requiring all maintained
schools and academies to make sure that there is an opportunity for a range of providers
to talk to pupils from years 8 to 13 about approved technical education qualifications
or apprenticeships, so that they are aware of the different options.</p>
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