ABSTRACT
We interviewed a range of stakeholders. These were:
school pupils who were considering the use of credits;
the trainees who did actually use them;
the parents of those trainees;
the careers teachers in school and the careers officers they worked with, who together were responsible for the guidance leading up to the issuing of a credit;
the employers for whom the trainees worked;
the trainers who provided off-the-job training to the trainees and were also involved in the placement of trainees;
TEC officials who were responsible for the overall operation of the pilot scheme.
