Education Trends: Out-Of-School Youth Are 'Overlooked and Left Behind'

There are new findings that today's out-of-school youth are often "overlooked and left behind," according to House of Lords, the second chamber of the U.K. parliament. This affects the young people of the European country who are not pursuing their A-levels or degrees.

Universities Need To Make A Change

According to BBC, House of Lords explained that Department of Education is more conscious about the quantity of students entering the university. The organization has been unnoticing a large number of youths that are not pursuing their college degree once they reached 16 years of age.

The new report is consolidated by Malcolm Trobe, the leader of the ASCL head teachers' union. Trobe claimed that the universities are more focus to the current curriculum, which is, unfortunately, quite limited for the students and needs to be changed.

The Youth Is Apprehensive

The findings also insisted that the "overemphasis on higher education" and the deficiency of teaching alternatives make the youths disappointed. "In England, in 2013-14, of a total population of 1,285,800 16- and 17-year-olds, only 47% (601,500 people) started A-levels, whereas 53% (684,300) did not do so," the report revealed.

As it turns out, students also play a key role in this growing concern. House of Lords discovered that the educational system is deemed "complex and incoherent" by the out-of-school youth.

"Careers advice and education are being delivered in a way which means that too many young people simply drift into further studies or their first job," House of Lords explained. "Which often has no real prospect of progression."

Changing Standards With Age

House of Lords noted that the national curriculum should let the students finish at the age of 14 to give them proper time to get ready for a workplace, as per Telegraph. The Committee on Social Mobility, on the other hand, suggested that the youths should have the right to choose if they want to pursue an academic degree or vocational education before they become 16 years old.

The Committee on Social Mobility further explained that the existing rule for the 16-18 age range is not supporting the "transitions to work for some youths." Committee on Social Mobility is hoping that the new findings can be the way to control the increasing number of the out-of-school youth.

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