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Event title:
TVEI in secondary education £20m
Timeline Date
January 1, 1983
Category
Funding
Government, Department or Organisation
Department for Education and Science (1964 - 1992)
Secretary of State
Sir Keith Joseph, Bt (14 Sept 1981 - 21 May 1986)
Subject
Educational Technology
Area
Computers in Schools
BECTA Category
Event Content
By disapplying the ICT programme of study from September this year schools will be able to offer a more creative and challenging curriculum, drawing on support and advice from those best positioned to judge what an ambitious and forward-looking curriculum should contain.
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An initiative set up in 1983 and aimed at supporting school and college provision of technical and pre‐vocational courses for 14–18‐year‐old pupils. Funded by the Department of Employment (DoE), and operating through locally organized advisory teams, TVEI also promoted core skills, including those in communication, numeracy, and information technology, which were the forerunners to today’s key skills. Although the TVEI was formally linked to the Manpower Services Commission and later the Training and Enterprise Council through their common connection with the DoE, local TVEI teams often worked very closely with their local authority advisory service for schools. In many areas they extended their remit to provide training and policy advice on equal opportunities issues. Their funding began to be withdrawn from 1991, which brought the initiative to a gradual end.
Source: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803102804925
Evidence indicates that recent curriculum and qualifications reforms have not led to significant improvements in the teaching of ICT, and the number of students progressing to further study in ICT-related subjects is in decline. Furthermore, the ICT curriculum in its current form is viewed as dull and demotivating for pupils. Its teaching may not equip pupils adequately for further study and work, may leave them disenchanted or give rise to negative perceptions that turn them off the subject completely.
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