CYP Now - EDUCATION: Fight the Peer Power

The exclusion of Black teenagers who rail against the education system is often counterproductive, argues Tony Sewell. His Learning to Succeed programme is designed to help schools to bridge the culture gap.

In London as a whole, 80 per cent of African-Caribbean boys leave school without a qualification.

These facts were highlighted in May's Government consultation document, Aiming High, which outlined concern about underachievement of children from Black Caribbean backgrounds. The statistics show that children do comparatively well at primary school next to their peers, but slump at secondary school.

Two institutions have let Black young men down: family and school. This has led to African-Caribbean young men being over-represented at every stage of the criminal justice process. And nearly half of those using Centrepoint's temporary housing services are Black.

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