TheQuiet1
Rock n' Roll Doggie
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6135516.stm
FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S GOOD AND GREAT:
NO!
It's bad enough that the EMA (which I'm still bitter about being one year too late to claim by the way) is encouraging people who blatantly don't want to be there to study for their A-levels instead of pursing employment/NVQs/Apprenticeships which would be far more suitable for them but forcing people to stay on is absolutely ridiculous. If sixteen year olds are old enough to have kids and get married then they're old enough to make a mature decision about their future. Also this isn't the Seventies where you could leave school having studied for no qualifications whatsoever, GCSEs and NVQs are still sought after by employers. It isn't as if we've reached the stage where NVQs or good GCSE grades are worthless.
I'm not saying the British education system is perfect, there are many, many people out there who will have been let down by it but raising the leaving age isn't the answer.
FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S GOOD AND GREAT:
NO!
It's bad enough that the EMA (which I'm still bitter about being one year too late to claim by the way) is encouraging people who blatantly don't want to be there to study for their A-levels instead of pursing employment/NVQs/Apprenticeships which would be far more suitable for them but forcing people to stay on is absolutely ridiculous. If sixteen year olds are old enough to have kids and get married then they're old enough to make a mature decision about their future. Also this isn't the Seventies where you could leave school having studied for no qualifications whatsoever, GCSEs and NVQs are still sought after by employers. It isn't as if we've reached the stage where NVQs or good GCSE grades are worthless.
I'm not saying the British education system is perfect, there are many, many people out there who will have been let down by it but raising the leaving age isn't the answer.