Survey: Majority of schools 'don't understand' apprenticeships

[Dan]

Electrical and electrotechnical firms express concern over schools’ careers advice

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[Besoeker]

It's the same in a lot of cases, my sister is 24 she has her masters and a PhD and still can't find a job. Coupled with all the debt I couldn't think of anything worse myself.

I agree with your point. Two of mine got good degrees, one in neuroscience, the other in zoology.
The former is a project manager in a power station, the other providing customer support for a major energy company. Both totally unrelated to their degrees.

My third pharted around at school and didn't go to university. He and his partner started their own computer games programming business. Going very well.

Goes to show.....

 

[Robson689]

We were never told about apprenticeships in school, the main thing they wanted people to do was go to 6th form and if your grades weren't too good they would give you leaflets for vocational colleges!

I'm loving my apprenticeship right now. learning a trade and getting qualifications whilst coming home with nearly 400 quid a week can't be beaten in my eyes.

School leavers need to be given correct information more than anything (about all apprenticeships not just electrical) and encouraged to do what they want instead of what makes the statistics look good. I wish I'd have known about the apprenticeship route 3 years ago before I started college