Bid for greater funding for apprenticeships defeated

Bid for greater funding for apprenticeships defeated

A MOVE to increase apprenticeship grants from the current rate of £1,852 per student to a maximum of £2,350 per student to factor in inflation was soundly defeated. Deputy Inna Gardiner also wanted to see an apprenticeship grants funding model introduced rather than funding them as part of general departmental budgets. The Public Accounts Committee chair highlighted what she described as an unfair discrepancy between practical courses and those …