A standard CET cycle will run from 2019-21 after the General Optical Council agreed to ditch plans for a transition period next year.
Instead of having a transition period during 2019 before rolling out a new CET system, the GOC promised changes from 2022 – all as part of the ongoing Education Strategic Review (ESR).
It followed concern from providers in a CET consultation presented to Council this week they would not be able to meet the requirements of a revised system by January 2020, a GOC statement said.
The AOP welcomed the change of plans but said the regulator ‘must raise its game on planning and delivering major projects’.
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