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Deadline for Montessori and Steiner Level 4 training extended

Current Montessori and Steiner qualifications are to continue to be recognised by the CWDC until January 2012.

Representatives from Montessori and Steiner awarding bodies and trainers are due to meet for a second time later this month with CWDC and Department for Education officials, in an attempt to resolve the dispute about the validity of their qualifications (News, 9 March).

Both Montessori and Steiner awarding bodies are seeking continued recognition for their level 4 qualifications and exemption from the CWDC level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce.

Barbara Isaacs, academic director of Montessori Centre International, told Nursery World that students will be able to continue to register for the current level 4 Montessori qualifications for the September 2011 and January 2012 intakes.

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