Blogging yesterday, Ian Smith, chairman of Young Enterprise , wrote: "What I see in the new government’s approach is an alarming lack of focus on the skills, attitudes and behaviours that young people actually need, and understand they need, to be successful in their working lives. Skills like teamwork, presentation, reliability, honesty, integrity, and punctuality, which employers like me look for when taking on new recruits."
Smith says he fears the Department of Education is ignoring the "enormous amount of evidence that young people can also learn by doing" – giving them the opportunity to run their own real businesses while they are still at school and college.
Smith also takes a swipe at senior managers who “blame the attitude of British workers for their own failures.”
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Author:Kate Bassett
