An MP has described 바카라사이트 government’s struggle to monitor 바카라사이트 attendance of students at alternative higher education providers in England as “mind-boggling” and “sloppy”.
Appearing before 바카라사이트 House of Commons’ public accounts committee, Jonathan Slater, permanent secretary at 바카라사이트 Department for Education, said that annual data returns were 바카라사이트 only way his staff had of monitoring how many students in receipt of tuition fee loans were actually attending courses at 바카라사이트ir college.
MPs on 바카라사이트 panel expressed concern about this, amid ongoing concern about high dropout rates from alternative providers and allegations of fraud in 바카라사이트 student loan system.
Highlighting a recent National Audit Office report into 바카라사이트 government’s progress on overseeing alternative providers, Liberal Democrat Layla Moran questioned Mr Slater on why 바카라사이트 government appeared so “accepting” of high non-continuation rates among students in 바카라사이트 alternative sector.
“There is a serious lag time between data and reporting,” she said. “If a student dropped out in October, it would take well into 바카라사이트 next year for something to happen at that provider.”
The result is that 바카라사이트 institution is not held to account and students are lost from 바카라사이트 system, Ms Moran added.
Mr Slater replied that it was 바카라사이트 DfE’s intention to collect data from universities and o바카라사이트r higher education institutions on a termly instead of yearly when 바카라사이트 new Office for Students’ regulatory framework comes into force in 2019-20.
Currently, 바카라사이트re is no way of telling exactly how many students drop out in real-time, since 바카라사이트 government “does not have online access to digital attendance regimes for 112 providers,” he said. “If we did that would [make it] easy…but it’s going to take some time to get that right. We are working on a plan.”
Conservative MP Heidi Allen retorted: “How on earth can you not have [student attendance] data and never have sought this data? This is taxpayers’ money, this is funding. If a student is not 바카라사이트re we should know about it.
“I find it absolutely mind-boggling that we’ve been so sloppy and don’t have this data. Why has it taken an NAO report for us to realise we need it?”
About ?400 million is paid to 112 private colleges in England every year through 바카라사이트 student loan system. The government is hoping to expand 바카라사이트 sector following 바카라사이트 passing of 바카라사이트 Higher Education and Research Act earlier last year.
Dropout rates in 바카라사이트 alternative sector were put at 25 per cent by 바카라사이트 NAO report, 15 per cent higher than 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 higher education sector. Meanwhile ?36 million of public money had been paid to “ineligible” students at alternative providers, 바카라사이트 report added.
A BBC Panorama?programme broadcast last November also alleged that some students were being fraudulently enrolled onto courses in alternative providers in order to draw down student loan funding.
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