{"id":1496,"date":"2009-02-27T09:55:53","date_gmt":"2009-02-27T09:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/mag\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2018-07-02T13:57:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T12:57:52","slug":"vocational-qualifications-back-in-vogue-with-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/vocational-qualifications-back-in-vogue-with-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocational Qualifications back in vogue with parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">Vocational Qualifications are back in fashion with parents who want to protect their kid\u2019s future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">Research by education foundation, Edge, has found that the value of vocational qualifications has increased, with more than four fifths of parents with children age 11-19 years old believing them to be important. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>Of these parents, 74 per cent said it would make their child more employable, 40 per cent said they would get a job quicker, 26 per cent said they would earn a better pay packet, and 20 per cent said their child would be more recession proof. <br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\" \/><br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Arial;\">The career prospects that parents favoured for their children included, topping the charts IT, followed by marketing in second place and join third catering and hospitality, and finance and insurance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nThe research shows the change in opinion of vocational qualifications, with one in ten parents admitting to being less of an academic snob in the current climate.<br \/>\n<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nChief Executive of Edge, Andy Powell said: \u201cParents have traditionally pushed their child down an academic path without taking into account their unique abilities and preferences. 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