Does the education system prep students for the real world?
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00:00A West London school headteacher has introduced 12-hour school days in a bid to tackle smartphone
00:08addiction in pupils. Back in 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced there would be a shake-up
00:13in the education of post-16-year-olds, where the advanced British standard will see all
00:19students study maths and English to some degree up until the age of 18. Now, with these shake-ups
00:25being introduced to the education system, how adequately do you think it prepares children
00:30for the real world? Well, new research conducted by the EDGE Foundation found that 52% of respondents
00:37think the current education system prepares young people poorly for the world of work.
00:43As many as 37% of people then said that a person leaving the education system today
00:48is worse prepared for the workplace than someone leaving 20 years ago. So, with this in mind,
00:55how would people across our region change the current education system? Let's take a look.