52% of people think the current education system prepares young people poorly for the world of work

Does the education system prep students for the real world?

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00:00 A West London school headteacher has introduced 12-hour school days in a bid to tackle smartphone

00:08 addiction in pupils. Back in 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced there would be a shake-up

00:13 in the education of post-16-year-olds, where the advanced British standard will see all

00:19 students study maths and English to some degree up until the age of 18. Now, with these shake-ups

00:25 being introduced to the education system, how adequately do you think it prepares children

00:30 for the real world? Well, new research conducted by the EDGE Foundation found that 52% of respondents

00:37 think the current education system prepares young people poorly for the world of work.

00:43 As many as 37% of people then said that a person leaving the education system today

00:48 is worse prepared for the workplace than someone leaving 20 years ago. So, with this in mind,

00:55 how would people across our region change the current education system? Let's take a look.

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