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The new Construction Diploma is in danger of failure if it is not implemented properly, according to a government report.

The Education and Skills Committee report into the new Diplomas says that the government risks 鈥渟erious negative effects on quality鈥� if expansion of the scheme is not delivered at a measured pace.

It said: 鈥淚t is absolutely essential that the first Diploma cohort is very limited in size, and that thereafter expansion takes place at a slow and controlled rate鈥�

The report also expressed concern that the Diploma programme would focus on theoretical learning rather than the practical skills it is intended to teach.

It said: 鈥淭here is a risk that the pressure over time will be to introduce more and more desk-based, theoretical material into practical, vocational curricula in pursuit of parity with academic qualifications.鈥�

The report concluded by slamming the Department of Education and Skills (DfES) for its lack of management focus on introducing the Diplomas.

鈥淚t is unfortunate鈥� that coherent end-to-end management, governance and reporting arrangements were not established within the DfES from the outset. We believe that there was a failure to appreciate the sheer scale and complexity of the challenge in hand.鈥�

As a result the report warns that if further problems are found with the Diploma scheme, the wider roll out should be 鈥渄elayed or reviewed in order to prevent [its] failure鈥� .

The scheme, which incorporates the Construction Diploma, is being piloted in some areas of England from 2008. The idea is to have a system of learning for 14-19 year-olds that is a 'middle way' between vocational and academic study.