There are no formal qualifications for entering the field except a college degree.

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Still widely supported, they chime with a deep respect for all kinds of formal qualifications, and a belief in high-quality work.

ECONOMIST: Abacus laws

The proportion of people on state benefits is twice the national average, as is the proportion of Liverpudlians who lack formal qualifications.

ECONOMIST: Liverpool and China

While private yachts do not require workers to have any formal qualifications, Scott says that skippers looking for voluntary crew will almost always favor those who do.

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It might sound like a tall order, but for the Florida girl with no formal business qualifications who now shapes rears internationally, it might not be impossible.

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The integration of the two systems has enabled learners from the non-formal sector to eventually rejoin and gain qualifications that are administered and sanctioned by the State just like as it is for learners following the formal education system.

UNESCO: Adult Learning and Illiteracy Elimination Programme

This integration has enabled hitherto disadvantaged people to gain equivalent qualifications with their counterparts in the formal education sector, an approach which has enabled the former to effectively participate in the cultural, economic and social development of the Kingdom like every other citizen.

UNESCO: Adult Learning and Illiteracy Elimination Programme