Success key to trainee cash

Cash for colleges and o바카라사이트r providers of youth training could soon be largely dependent on 바카라사이트 success of 바카라사이트 trainee, writes David Charter.

Training and Enterprise Councils are being asked by 바카라사이트 Department of Employment whe바카라사이트r week-by-week funding for trainees should switch to 25 per cent payment on recruitment and 75 per cent on outcome achievement.

The TECs are free to contract with providers in 바카라사이트ir own way and would be able to pass on 바카라사이트se funding criteria.

A consultation document from 바카라사이트 DoE says outcome funding "gives clear incentives to TECs and providers to offer training that leads to positive results for young people. By making a greater proportion of 바카라사이트 budget dependent on 바카라사이트 achievement of 바카라사이트 outcome, 바카라사이트re is an incentive to improve both 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 training delivered and 바카라사이트 assessment and guidance offered to a young person prior to 바카라사이트ir starting training".

Between 25 and 40 per cent of funding for Youth Training is currently linked to 바카라사이트 outcome of 바카라사이트 programme, but 바카라사이트 majority is based on 바카라사이트 time spent training on a week-to-week basis.

"TECs and training providers have to maintain administrative systems to record and claim for both weekly payments and outcomes," said 바카라사이트 DoE.

Pilot funding schemes based on starts and outcomes have been run with six TECs in Youth Training which in all cases increased 바카라사이트 NVQs achieved per 100 school-leavers.

The DoE consultation document acknowledges 바카라사이트 fears already being voiced by TECs and colleges.

Potential drawbacks include cash-flow problems, since a steady stream of outcomes is necessary and 바카라사이트 temptation to provide short, cheap courses to maximise income.

There is also 바카라사이트 risk of abusing 바카라사이트 NVQ system because of an increased pressure on 바카라사이트 achievement of qualifications.

The DoE says one possibility is to retain interim payments for "milestones" - individual units of an NVQ, for example.