An attempt by the UK Borders Agency (UKBA) to quantifyvisafraudfoundmuchflouting of the rules atprivatefurther-educationcollegesin particular (and, to a lesser extent, at languageschools).
Furthereducationcollegesandschools would have to create attractive learning programmes, but everyone had to play their part - resources from government, commitment from employers and motivation from families, he said.
An ASCL survey suggested that more than 80% of heads of furthereducationcolleges, sixth form collegesandschools with sixth forms believed they would have to reduce the choice of courses they offered while 83% said they believed this age group should attract more rather than less funding than younger pupils.
This would allow Scottish Ministers to recover the costs of Education Scotland carrying out inspections in independent furthereducationcollegesand English language schools.