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Focus apprenticeships on young people instead of skilled graduates, CSJ urges

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Apprenticeships should be geared towards young people rather than skilled workers, with entry level positions paid for by the government to tackle youth unemployment, a major new report has said.
More entry level positions should be created where there is demand, the CSJ says. Picture: Adobe Stock
More entry level positions should be created where there is demand, the CSJ says. Picture: Adobe Stock

The Centre for Social Justice’s (CSJ) Trade Secrets - How to reboot apprenticeships and kick-start the recovery report warns that the number of 16- to 24-year-olds not in employment, education or training (NEET) could increase from 795,000  to one million in the next year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A further 800,000 people aged 18 to 24 are expected to join the jobs market, it adds, “only to face a barren landscape”.

The report states that apprenticeships should be “at the heart” of the UK’s recovery from the crisis. 

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