BME Communities (Educational Attainment)

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 11:18 am on 26 June 2012.

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Photo of Diane Abbott Diane Abbott Shadow Minister (Public Health) 11:18, 26 June 2012

As a Hackney resident and a Hackney mother, I am glad to see the very many improvements, but we need to be careful about what we say about improvements, because some of the stats go back to a period when there was the use of NVQ equivalents to GCSE. My concern is that although on paper the gap may have narrowed, it is because some black children have been palmed off with NVQ equivalents, which do not in fact equip those children to compete in the marketplace.