To think that spelling/grammar should count toward NVQs?

[sungirltan]

I made a complaint today at dd's nursery about the appalling grammar and spelling in her learning journey. I spoke to the nursery owner, not the keyworker who looks after dd. I love dd's keyworker, I think she is brilliant and I am 100% happy with her care of my child plus she makes a big effort to let me know how dd is getting on and what has been done during the day. She is and all around lovely girl.

Owner was very sympathetic and glad I had brought it up but explained that the college/company who run/assess the NVQs do not check spelling and grammar on the student's written work and that this has been a big problem in the past. One parent hit the roof last year because a card came home which read 'happy farther's day'.

I am appalled. At level 3 of an NVQ you are alowed to open your own nursery - yet nobody cares that you cannot spell/construct clear reports or paperwork.

AIBU to think that if you work in education in a teaching capacity that your written work should be of an accpetable standard? I am not cross with the NN themselves - just the poor, poor standard of support and teaching they are receiving.

Not everyone chooses to do A levels or a degree

hth

From what I can see from trusty ol' Google...NVQs are mainly in courses that A Levels are not...and NVQs aren't offered in 6th form but in colleges....

and your point is ...

NVQs are work based qualifications ...no shame in that

I have no point, I'm learning about what they are. I did A levels, but I know someone who didn't stay in school and instead of going back to do A levels, she did an NVQ because it was "easier". Then there's the various levels, it's all rather confusing.

LQ How many (or to what level) are NVQs the equivalent to an A level?

Yes, my husband has a degree in engineering and is rather good at hanging shelves etc.

Can't discuss feminist literature with him though.

I am qualified to post-graduate level but was told a while back that in order to keep doing my job I had to get an NVQ3 in a different area to add to my qualifications

I duly did this course at our local "university" and was appalled at the low standards. There was a huge range of people on this course in terms of work, academic background and previous achievement but the attititude seemed to be that every student should be given however much help they needed to pass the course regardless of how good, bad or indifferent their work was. It seemed to me that passing was your "right" having enrolled on the course.

Some people achieved the standards easily whereas others struggled despite vast amounts of guidance and support yet all passed. By the end of it I felt the qualification was worthless and resented the time I had to spend doing it.

my nvq3 was quite hard, lots of referencing and work assessed, wonder what sort of nvq you lot had experience with

crispyambulance

Yes, I can well imagine you did struggle. Please take note. One must always start their sentence's with a 'CAPITAL.

are you being serious?

Everyone

I'm told that NVQ Level 5 is equal to a degree, is this correct.

Oop's, sorry, forgot the ?

LeQueen

Do you have a degree?

I thought so, you come across as being educated. Next question. Do you live in a crumbling Georgian house and are you surrounded by books?

LeQueen Mon 06-Jun-11 21:20:53
[feels ever so slightly stalked...]

Thats the second time today i've been called a stalker.

I live in a crumbling Georgian hall surrounded by crumbling falling to pieces books.