The big drive in education policy over the last decade or so, under whichever government one chooses, seems to have been to keep young people in education. Many moons ago, Tony Blair’s Labour government famously spoke of wanting 50% of youngsters to go on to university – and in 2011/12, almost 50% of school leavers did enter higher education (although numbers were boosted by the rush to beat the rise in fees, with an additional 13,000 school leavers deciding against a gap year, compared with previous years). The current government has raised the education leaving age to 17 and in 2015 the leaving age will rise again to 18. Many young people who will now stay on in education to 18 have no wish to go on to university, or to study A levels in order to get there. They don’t have to stay in school, however, they can instead go to college, take a part-time training course or take up an apprenticeship. It sometimes feels, though, that in the drive towards university, apprenticeships lo
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:21:32 +0000
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