{"id":23272,"date":"2016-03-21T14:52:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=23272"},"modified":"2016-03-21T14:52:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T14:52:02","slug":"commission-warns-apprenticeships-failing-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/commission-warns-apprenticeships-failing-young-people\/23272\/","title":{"rendered":"Commission warns apprenticeships are failing young people"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has warned apprenticeships are failing to deliver to young people\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A new report from the\u00a0<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/social-mobility-and-child-poverty-commission\" target=\"_blank\">Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission<\/a><\/span>\u00a0said apprenticeships for young people were failing to deliver.<\/p>\n<p>The commission said enrolments among the under-25s were flatlining, with figures showing just a four per cent increase in the number of starts between 2010-14. Comparatively, starts for over-25s rose by 17 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes on the heels of\u00a0<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/topical-events\/national-apprenticeship-week-2016\" target=\"_blank\">National Apprenticeship Week<\/a><\/span>, which ended on 18 March, and will undoubtedly be disappointing for the government, as it has shown significant commitment to pushing apprenticeships as an alternative route into work.<\/p>\n<p>The report stated: &#8220;The overall growth in apprenticeship starts has been driven by large increases in participation by over-25s.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While youth apprenticeships have roughly flatlined since the early years of the decade, starts by over 25s are over 150,000 higher in 2014\/15 compared to 2009\/10.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In comparison to this increase there were over 5,000 fewer apprenticeship starts by under-19s in 2014\/15 compared to 2010\/11.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And there were around 1,000 fewer 19-24 apprenticeship starts in 2014\/15 compared to 2011\/12.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The report added if these figures were projected forward adult apprenticeship start would continue to grow while youth starts would stagnant or decline.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, most of the training courses taken were not deemed to be a step up from the apprentice\u2019s previous level of study. The report said some 68 per cent of A-level age apprentices were studying apprenticeships at GCSE-level, while 98 per cent of degree-age apprentices were studying at A-level or lower.<\/p>\n<p>Commission chairman Alan Milburn said: &#8220;The government is committed to giving all young people a chance to make something of their lives, but the current drive to increase the number of apprenticeships isn&#8217;t delivering for people under the age of 24.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The number of young apprentices has flatlined since 2010 and many of these apprenticeships don&#8217;t offer young people a foundation they can build on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government needs to increase the quality of apprenticeships on offer to young people and make sure that every apprenticeship offers a genuine route to success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the government said the government remained committed to delivering three million apprentices by 2020 and had allocated an additional \u00a325m funding to recruit 16 to 18-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Apprenticeships give school leavers the opportunity to gain the skills they need to get on,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our reforms mean apprenticeships are more rigorously tested, last longer and are more responsive to the needs of employers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has warned apprenticeships are failing to deliver to young people\u2026 A new report from the\u00a0Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission\u00a0said apprenticeships for young people were failing to deliver. 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