The Education and Employers Taskforce, an independent charity, will include senior business figures and be jointly chaired by Bob Wigley, chairman of the Yell Group, and Anthony Salz, executive vice chairman of banking firm N M Rothschild.
The body, which will receive £1.5m in government funding over the next three years in addition to "raising support from the private sector", will help every college, secondary and primary school to build links with local businesses.
Children's Secretary Ed Balls, who launched the taskforce alongside Business Secretary Peter Mandelson today, said: "The [taskforce] is a fantastic new charity working to strengthen the partnerships between business and education.
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