There is nothing wrong with training the workforce beyond school especially when schools are doing such a bad job of it or when people mature at different times
I was a late developer (many reasons for this but poor schooling played a major part) and instead of doing A levels & degree (which I suspect I was mentally capable once I matured ~ 22 yrs old) I went to work, I then did an HNC part time. Perfectly acceptable for my career. I have paid enough extra tax to repay the Government's investment many times over.
Job related training in a lot of ways is superior to Academic training for the majority of the population.
By taking 50% of job applicants out of the job market for 6 years and saddling them with ~ £50K debt hasn't really made us more competitive.
The general opinion put forward by business leaders is that the 6 years of extra baby sitting and avoiding being on the Jobless figures hasn't improved the general literacy of the workforce.
I was quite happy with the top 10% academically getting degrees and the top 40% going for higher vocational qualifications such as HNC, the rest can do NVQs and get real benefit from these.
Unfortunately we are competing with the rest of the world who are happy to send their top 1% to work for minimum wage.
I work with a lot of Degree educated people but it tends to be the ones with serious on the job experience who muck in and create working solutions without a lot of meetings.
Those without a degree can think just fine! The ones with a degree just seem to think they are better at it, evidence suggests otherwise in many cases.
I was a late developer (many reasons for this but poor schooling played a major part) and instead of doing A levels & degree (which I suspect I was mentally capable once I matured ~ 22 yrs old) I went to work, I then did an HNC part time. Perfectly acceptable for my career. I have paid enough extra tax to repay the Government's investment many times over.
Job related training in a lot of ways is superior to Academic training for the majority of the population.
By taking 50% of job applicants out of the job market for 6 years and saddling them with ~ £50K debt hasn't really made us more competitive.
The general opinion put forward by business leaders is that the 6 years of extra baby sitting and avoiding being on the Jobless figures hasn't improved the general literacy of the workforce.
I was quite happy with the top 10% academically getting degrees and the top 40% going for higher vocational qualifications such as HNC, the rest can do NVQs and get real benefit from these.
Unfortunately we are competing with the rest of the world who are happy to send their top 1% to work for minimum wage.
I work with a lot of Degree educated people but it tends to be the ones with serious on the job experience who muck in and create working solutions without a lot of meetings.
Those without a degree can think just fine! The ones with a degree just seem to think they are better at it, evidence suggests otherwise in many cases.
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