Afternoon all,
I don't know if anyone has heard about the uprising regarding school leavers recently but to be quite honest it is a really eye opening topic of discussion. Apparently 8/10 British school leavers are finishing school/sixth form lacking basic business skills. Recently being a school leaver myself I do agree that schools within the UK are not doing enough to prepare young adults for the real working world.
From a personal opinion I do believe that work experience should be mandatory whilst studying the last few years of education; however as local businesses we should do more to help the younger generation.
Have any of you thought about taking on a young apprentice? Maybe you already do and I'm way out of line here but I do believe it is going to really benefit the future working world. Maybe new training programmes need to take place in order to train school leavers before they finish school. This preparing them to gain basic skills in business related jobs.
With most School chains changing to an academy status; it may be lack of funds that is stopping this from going ahead. Does the government need to help by funding schools and helping them to push students forward and benefiting them in the long run? Or can businesses lend a helping hand?
What do you all think about this topic?
