Britain Cracks Down on NEETS
We have written a great deal in recent weeks about the issue of school dropouts. We spent time discussing the horrific situation in California as well as the current plan to address the problem in Los Angeles. We wrote about the recent Johns Hopkins research labeling numerous schools as dropout factories.
So it was with great interest we read about the push from across the pond to deal with the same problem. The going term for those not in school in Europe is a NEET, or a person “Not Engaged in Education, Employment or Training.” For the first time in at least a generation of students, the U.K. has raised the age for leaving education in an effort to crackdown on the growing number of NEETs.
Under the new Education & Skills Bill, every teenager must either be in school (public school or college) or be receiving on-the-job training until they have reached their 18th birthday. Under the new legislation, authorities can now fine truanting teenagers £50 or can assess a new “attendance order” to force the teenagers back to school. Any teenager who fails to meet that order could then be hauled into court and fined up to £200.
Under the new law, all teenagers will be entitled to an apprenticeship, all with the goal of reducing the number of so-called “NEET’s.” The age for leaving school is to be raised to 18 in 2013.
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[...] Yesterday we noted the new prospective method of dealing with those who drop out in the UK, the so-called teenagers dubbed NEETS (Not in education, employment or training). As we examined the methodology we were surprised to see a purely punitive approach. Yet even more interesting was the similarity with America: the issue of students dropping out of is becoming an enormous one for society in other countries. [...]
[...] leaving age to 18.” Warnings as to the potential disastrous impact on schools was something we discussed when we reviewed the European teenagers dubbed NEETS. According to the experts across the pond, the [...]
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