Compulsary education?

Question

Should people be forced to stay in school until they're 18?
In the UK, 25% 16-17 leave school, and 11% of 16-20 don't get a job or anyother for of training.

Answer 1

The education system is fine! The schools offer a bursary for those who are 16-18 to help them stay in school if they live below a certain income. The education in schools is there to help children gain qualifications to enter college or uni whether it is the GCSCs or Highers. Even a module system is available to all, esp those who aren't as intelligent to gain these. I had the choice to do modules in maths as I just couldn't grasp the Higher. These modules are a lower equivalent of NCs. The problem is that many children are just disinterested and not encouraged by the fact that they can get further by looking into staying and gaining these. Also some parents are not good enough role models and encourage their children to claim benefits as a means to living an adult life. So yes they should be made to stay in school, the schools give plenty of help with educating and having even one of any qualification helps employers pick and choose who is willing to learn.

Answer 2

depends on the type of education - schools are now realising that not every child is gifted academically and some will struggle to achieve at GCSE, however other more skills based courses are being introduced to suit these students. i feel that every child should leave school with an education to suit them, however this is not always possible with time and funding constraints. for children to stay in school till 18 then courses must be on offer that will aid each child such as apprenticeships and academic courses. students from poorer families do already get help, they can claim ema while studying post 16. it's those that don't qualify for ema and want to earn money straight away that we also need to attend to.

sorry if this all seems a bit of a ramble but i am a year 11 form tutor and am just trying to get all my concerns for my students down on "paper"!!

Answer 3

I think this could be of benefit to alot of people. I'm 17 and a college student. I know you must be thinking 'Why am I out of school and still all for the scheme?

My time at school was quite short, everything was normal until about the beginning of year 10. Due to ill health and personal issues, I had to leave mainstream school and wait for a home school place to become available. It took more than a year for something to come up. I was then placed at an educational support center. Because of limited funding, I could only take the core subjects as GCSE's so I only had half three GCSE's when finished as a result. Because I was at the end of compulsory school at this point, I could only have stayed on at school if I were to do O & A levels, but I couldn't as a result of lack of timeand the GCSE's needed for entry. If the compulsory education age was raised to 18 at that point in time, I could have retaken my GCSE's and taken on an additional qualification which would have allowed me sufficient time pass and it would have made finding a job easier. Employers aren't to bothered about additional qualifications in younger people, but they want to see those good GCSE grades on the CV's.

I have about another year left after college to do a level three course, but finding a job even with these qualifications is going to be very difficult without exceptional GSCE grades.

Another point is that the extra two years give more time for students to decide what they want to do with their lives. Remember also that there are more living people around than say 10 years ago and combined with immigrants performing cheap labour in the country. This means that ours futures are more unsecure than ever, it's so important to make the right choice now.

Answer 4

If children stayed in school until they were 18 would be nice, but really----25% leave school before they are 18. So why is it that these children quit before their schooling is over?

There are two basic reasons that children leave school.
1. The school is not meeting their needs, i.e. education relevant to their world.
2. Have a Learning Disability that is not being addressed.

If a school is not meeting the educational needs of the children they are suppose to be teaching then there is going to be a high drop-out rate. We need to re-evaluate the system and restructure our educational system. It just isn't working right now.
We need to teach our teachers how to be enthusiastic about the subject they are teaching. Enthusiasm breeds enthusiasm which in turns breeds desire for learning which breeds children staying in school and learning. :-)

Answer 5

The economic implications of that for poorer families might be detremental. I think parents should be able to force their children to stay in school till the end of high school at least but the government needs to make it a viable option for everyone. many people leave school to work or because the system does not offer enough support for them to be successfull.

Answer 6

Maggie Thatcher brought in longer time at schoolto manipulate the dole figures.So instead of the Gov.paying younsters who could not find a job they stayed on at school longer and there parents funded them. And this Gov is doing the self same thing.

Answer 7

I think so.

To be honest I'd bring back National Service. I know that makes me sound like some old dear, but I joined the services when I was 17, people thought I'd be useless as I was a bit of a rebel, but it did me the world of good.

Respect is a problem in our society these days and something does need to be done

Answer 8

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Answer 9

why - it will just mean a load more 16-18 year olds sitting round doing nothing in the common room all day.