Announcing the plans yesterday, Cameron said as many as 25,000 struggling teenagers will be helped over the next four years through the mentoring initiative.
A fund of £12m, which will be managed by The Careers & Enterprise Company, has been established to scale-up proven mentoring programmes to reduce disengagement among young people in the years before they sit their GCSEs.
Cameron said the plan will involve working to encourage high-flying business people and professionals to volunteer to act as mentors.
The initiative will prioritise young people stuck in "cold spots" across the country who do not currently have access to mentors. The government said £2m of the investment will be spent on an advertising campaign to back the scheme.
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