Students to stay in Education until 17

[evertonfan]

Haha, i'm afraid whilst I am a genius of Journalism, I don't really have the constructional skills in me to create a new Brighton.

 

[aussie1st]

Please stay on topic or this thread will be closed.

 

[Will_NA]

I might be staying in education until I'm 45 if I don't improve my June results

 

[Sureshot]

Call me cynical but the only reason this has been done is to keep the unemployment figures down as another year of people are still in education. Typical of our useless government.

Hmm, well the housing market is expected to recover before the Olympics. I think that it would be too late to coincide with our impending recession. Anyway, given the Olympics in 2012, employment should be boosted in the year or so beforehand.

I think it might make a difference to some. But let's be honest, some people leave education just because they want to. Though helping those less privileged in the brain department isn't a bad thing.

 

[Bilal91]

phew...thank good there wasn't A* system in college this year:

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Children starting secondary schools in England this week will be the first to be legally required to stay in education until they are 17.

The rise in the age at which pupils can end their studies is just one of several changes taking effect in English schools this term.

New diplomas for subjects such as engineering and construction are also being phased in.

Head teachers say too many initiatives are being introduced at once.

The increase in the education leaving age is the first such change since 1972, when it was raised from 15 to 16.

There are also major changes to the curriculum for 11 to 14-year-olds and to GCSEs and A-levels. The latter will have a new A* grade to help distinguish the very best exam candidates.

But the head of the Association of School and College Leaders, has warned that too much change is happening all at once.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7595155.stm



Im glad I finished 2 years ago then.

Bloody hell, I thought sixteen was quite old enough. My nephew just started at secondary school this week.

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Call me cynical but the only reason this has been done is to keep the unemployment figures down as another year of people are still in education. Typical of our useless government.

Yeps, couldn't agree more. Labour are rubbish and they have to go. They've been messing this country up long enough!

Get lost, Gordon Brown. :

 

[Will_NA]

Apparently, they'll be discouraging retakes for AS/2s next year

 

[Master Khan]

well I am 16 and I go to Collage now
I will hate to stay in school for that long

 

[Sureshot]

They don't mean staying in school for another 2 years, they mean staying in education for another 2 years.

 

[superhussey]

what happens if you get/want and apprenticeship?

can you leave school then?

 

[Animator!]

Yes. They mean for you to stay in education for 2 years. Which doesn't neccesarily mean school. I can mean college etc as well. Basically, it means that from this years Year 7's (11/12 year olds) they will HAVE to stay in Sixth Form or go to College.

 

[Highlander999]

Apparently, they'll be discouraging retakes for AS/2s next year

Damn I would have been screwed, re-took half of my AS levels