{"id":22742,"date":"2016-10-13T10:30:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T10:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/?p=22742"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:20:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:20:46","slug":"only-2-of-young-people-in-uk-take-apprenticeships-says-oecd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/only-2-of-young-people-in-uk-take-apprenticeships-says-oecd\/","title":{"rendered":"Only 2% of young people in UK take apprenticeships, says OECD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the repeated declarations of support<\/a>, and the commitment to meet a target of three million apprenticeships by 2020, the UK is lagging behind many of its competitors when it comes to the number of young people entering vocational training schemes.<\/p>\n

\"Apprenticeships\"<\/p>\n

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the world\u2019s leading economic research group, has issued research that shows that just 2% of young people are in apprenticeships in the UK \u2013 compared with 9% in Denmark and 15% in Germany.<\/p>\n

The report says that while apprenticeships are a \u201cuseful way of bridging the gap between school and employment for youth\u201d, participation levels remain low in the UK, currently less than 2%, compared to more than 9% in Denmark and 15% in Germany.<\/p>\n

Skills deteriorating between generations<\/strong>
\n\u201cIncreasing apprenticeship rates would help more practically-minded students into the workforce,\u201d the report says, adding that the UK is one of the few countries \u201cin which literacy and numeracy skills have deteriorated between the older and younger generation\u201d, it adds.<\/p>\n

The apprenticeship figures sit alongside the UK\u2019s concerning NEET figures. A country\u2019s NEET rate measures the proportion of young people who are not in education, employment or training, and while the UK\u2019s NEET rate is a touch below average, it still lags significantly behind best-performing nations, such as Germany. \u201cFurthermore, close to two-thirds of this Neet group are inactive i.e. not even looking for a job\u201d, the report adds. Source: apprenticeeye.co.uk<\/em><\/p>\n