Education and Training By Jack, Conor, Connall, Ben and Tom

Education

What is education? Education the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university. It is enforced in the UK to remain in a form of education until the age of 18. Education is often considered as learning an array of skills that can then be transferred into the business world to obtain employment.

Education in England is overseen by the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Local authorities (LAs) take responsibility for implementing policy for public education and state schools at a local level.Department for EducationDepartment for Business, Innovation and SkillsLocal authoritiespublic educationstate schools The education system is divided into early years (ages 3–4), primary education (ages 4– 11), secondary education (ages 11–18) and tertiary education (ages 18+).early yearsprimary educationsecondary educationtertiary education Full-time education is compulsory for all children aged between 5 and 17 (from 2013, and up to 18 from 2015), either at school or otherwise, with a child beginning primary education during the school year he or she turns 5. [8] Students may then continue their secondary studies for a further two years (sixth form), leading most typically to A- level qualifications, although other qualifications and courses exist, including Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) qualifications, the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the Cambridge Pre-U. The leaving age for compulsory education was raised to 18 by the Education and Skills Act The change takes effect in 2013 for 16-year-olds and 2015 for 17-year-olds. [9] State-provided schooling and sixth form education is paid for by taxes. England also has a tradition ofindependent schooling, but parents may choose to educate their children by any suitable means. [8]sixth formA- levelBusiness and Technology Education CouncilInternational BaccalaureateCambridge Pre-UEducation and Skills Act 2008 [9]independent schooling Higher education often begins with a three-year bachelor's degree. Postgraduate degrees include master's degrees, either taught or by research, and the doctorate, a research degree that usually takes at least three years. Universities require aRoyal Charter in order to issue degrees, and all but one are financed by the state via tuition fees, which cost up to £9,000 per academic year for English, Welsh and EU students.bachelor's degreemaster's degreesdoctorateRoyal CharterEnglishWelshEU

Training

What is Training? Training is the action of teaching a person a particular skill or type of behaviour. In this instance it will refer to the training of an individual in order to achieve work or to promote themselves in the workplace. It therefore occurs on the job and is a specific skill. In the UK these are delivered through apprenticeships:apprenticeships How to apply How to apply for an Apprenticeship

How Education and Training prevents Poverty Education and Training prevents Poverty because : -It gives individuals the chance to achieve work because of their grades. -Improves the workforce of a company and even the country as a whole, fostering growth and therefore more jobs too. -It can beat the cycle of poverty because they can get better jobs so that their children will not also be living in poverty.

Contextual issues: Young adults in England have scored among the lowest results in the industrialised world in international literacy and numeracy tests. A major study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows how England's 16 to 24-year-olds are falling behind their Asian and European counterparts. England is 22nd for literacy and 21st for numeracy out of 24 countries. The OECD's Andreas Schleicher warned of a shrinking pool of skilled workers. Unlike other developed countries, the study also showed that young people in England are no better at these tests than older people, in the 55 to 65 age range. When this is weighted with other factors, such as the socio-economic background of people taking the test, it shows that England is the only country in the survey where results are going backwards - with the older cohort better than the younger.

Why they may not prevent poverty? Point: Education and training may not prevent poverty because Nick Hurd insisted that ‘social skills and discipline’ are every bit as essential for success as qualifications – yet they are not being taught in schools. Evidence: Revealed that number of 16 to 24-year-old Neets - not in education, employment or training - has risen to 1.09million Explain: This means to get jobs people need to be taught everyday skills that aren’t being taught in the UK’s educational system. So therefore they struggle to get jobs so the educational system isn’t providing adequate skills or the demand for workers simply does not exist.