Many young people do not believe their education has prepared them for the world of work and two out of three teenagers fear they will not find a job for years, new research has found. These stark and rather scary statistics are from a study by the Edge Learner Forum's Youth Commission, which drew on interviews with 1,200 young people and a survey of a further 6,000.
It concluded that doubt about the worth of their schooling sets in as teenagers get older, as do fears about the effect of the recession on their long-term employment prospects. Just 53 per cent of over-17s believe that their education has helped them prepare for employment, while 64 per cent think the recession will have a long-term effect on their employability.
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