So is raising the "learning leaving" age going to work? There's plenty of detail to be confirmed first, such as exactly what will count as training, nuances about accreditation, procedure for ensuring employers make day release available, and - as you will have followed in recent Young People Now news and letters pages - about the role of financial support and inducement to do something that will be compulsory anyway. The Government's green paper and this report from the CfBT Education Trust reflect on all this - forgive us if we just concentrate on a couple of the major difficulties foreseen.
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