Neat solutions to the issue of Neets
By Anne Longfield
Children & Young People Now
2 July 2008
Despite recent good news from the Department for Children, Schools and Families that show a record number of 16- to 18-year-olds are taking part in education, employment or training, the level of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) remains stubbornly around the 10 per cent mark.
Young people who are Neet at this important transition stage are more likely to earn lower incomes later in life than their peers and have a greater chance of being involved in crime. The government is committed to raising the education-leaving age to 18 from 2015 - but reforming the requirements...