With the highest rate of unemployment ever for the young, you can see why the government arrived at the decision that school pupils should remain in education until the age of 18. However, many people believe that the government did not have the right to make such demand.
It is fairly obvious that the government are keen to ensure that the rate for youth unemployment does not rise even further out of control. When you consult any UK Jobs Guide you will always get the impression that advertisements for jobs tend to be aimed at people with previous experience.
An employer rarely has the time or resources to mentor a youngster within a role of employment today. Yes, the rate of pay for the youth will be less than what the employer will have to pay a more mature employee, but this does not seem to be tempting for most businesses.
So, when school pupils are forced to remain in school until 18, that will mean that more people will take A’ Levels and then look to carry on in tertiary education at University. That will mean that even more youngsters will be starting the lives in the work environment in significant debt, as they are forced to pay for their study.
We can all see the method behind the madness when it comes to the requirement for a school pupil to remain until the age of 18, however, many ask whether such a sweeping law was quite so necessary and we all doubt if this is going to resolve the youth unemployment rate.
