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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
That actually sounds great gazfan, I think this is kinda what the coalition's plans towards vocational training are trying to accomplish though I'd need to check that.
Education seems to have become a bit of a one size fits all with as many as possible funnelled to University and those who don't go sent to the tills and shelf filling in the supermarket.
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My school had 3 tiers, those working towards Oxbridge, those working to get into a decent 'red brick' & those seeking vocational training.
The 'vocational' people did stuff like technical drawing & practical woodwork/metalwork that the 'academic' people didn't - they left at age 16 & got an apprenticeship.
The 'red brick' people did two more years, did A levels & applied to 'ordinary' universities.
The 'Oxbridge' people did their O' Levels a year early, their A levels a year early & used the extra year to do the special papers & entrance exams for Oxford or Cambridge.
I was initially in the 'fast stream' 'Oxbridge' lot, & got good O' Levels at age 15, but then preferred adolescence to academia & failed to pass any A levels.
- I was subsequently lucky to get grant aid to do an OND & then an HND, but that was quite a few years later ...
Amidst the rambling I hope I've indicated there were always several choices available to me, none of which involved taking out a loan.
imo employers should pay for training - not students ?