Lower school leaving age

[Lynne4]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7145858.stm

To be honest I don't think this is the answer. I think that it is too young for some children to be leaving full time education even if school isn't the right option for them

What do you think?

[Purplecat]

lowering it is not te answer, there will be children leave education and not being able to do any thing for 2/3 years. They could be given the choise at 14 to either go into apperticeship or stay in full time education with a clause that said if they left the APP they HAD to go back to full time education till 16. I know lots of people that would have been better off with APP as they were more hands on and not academicly inclined, given the choice they would have much better job prospects now.

[smirnoff]

bloody ridiculous!

[Jen]

bloody ridiculous!

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[Netty]

Weren't they saying about increasing it a couple of weeks ago?

[smirnoff]

yup

[kate1]

i think its really daft

[ruthie]

I don't see anything wrong with it if there are the trades for them to learn, kids left at 14 years ago it did them no harm.

[Tanya]

my ds is 14 in one weeks time and there is no way on this planet that he is ready to leave school and learn a trade, he's just too young IMO

I still have to remind him to change his socks in the morning and get in the shower

it's bloody ridiculous

[ruthie]

I think it would be great idea for a lot of kids who hate school and learn nothing there if they even bother to attend for the last few years, let them do something that they are interested in and will earn them a living. Not everyone is academic especially boys and to learn a trade would be a god send to them.

[Squishymama]

I am in 2 minds about this. In one way I think that a lot of 14 year olds would just use it as an excuse to get out of school (even if they were learning a trade), when being in school would be better for them.

On the flip side of that, I can see how it would benefit a lot of people too. My DH is a very hands on kind of person, and he just didn't get on at school. He is very smart, but school was the wrong environment for him, and he did/ does much better with practical learning. (I on the other hand get on better with books and learning that way).

It is a tricky one!