The major education event of the past fortnight was the publication of a government green paper putting forward the proposal that all young people will be required to remain in education or training until their 18th birthday. I thought the press response to this announcement was low-key and largely focused on the narrow point of how to enforce the attendance of the disengaged. For a quick synopsis I recommend the executive summary as a better guide http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/downloadableDocs/6965-DfES-Raising%20Expectations%20Green%20Paper.pdf . Consultation on the green paper is open until the 16th of June. Do we have anything to say?
Monday, 2 April 2007
1 Raising the Education Leaving Age
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I thought this was a really bad idea at first - forcing even disengaged young people to continue studying. Having read the executive summary though I can see that we need to ensure everyone has skills to succeed. I think it would have to be a really personalised approach if it were to work. Each individual should be guided into the right kind of education or training for them.
Personally I think that raising the school leaving age is something that should have happened a long time ago - leaving school at 16 does not prepare young people for working life. However, I think that young people should definitely be given the choice as to what sort of learning they get involved in, so its not just staying in a classroom for an extra 2 years.
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