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Secondary Education Not Preparing Youth For Successful Employment- Clarke
Published:Tuesday | December 29, 2015 | 12:00 AM
Deputy chair of the Labour Market Reform Commission Silburn Clarke is of the view that the present model for secondary school education is not properly preparing youngsters for enhanced employability in the future.
Responding to a suggestion made by anthropologist Dr Herbert Gayle for additional elite boys' schools to be built, Clarke said, "the critical secondary education problem is not a gender problem. The issue has to do with what is being delivered in the five-year period by the institutions."
For Clarke, the purpose of secondary education goes beyond preparing students to enter university.
"The needs of the economy extends way beyond the needs for university entrance, important though that may be," he said.
Meet Workforce Needs
Clarke further contends that secondary education offerings should meet the needs of students, increase their likelihood for employment, meet the needs of the 21st-century workforce, serve the firms in the marketplace and meet the needs of a competitive economy.
Secondary Education Not Preparing Youth For Successful Employment- Clarke
Published:Tuesday | December 29, 2015 | 12:00 AM
Deputy chair of the Labour Market Reform Commission Silburn Clarke is of the view that the present model for secondary school education is not properly preparing youngsters for enhanced employability in the future.
Responding to a suggestion made by anthropologist Dr Herbert Gayle for additional elite boys' schools to be built, Clarke said, "the critical secondary education problem is not a gender problem. The issue has to do with what is being delivered in the five-year period by the institutions."
For Clarke, the purpose of secondary education goes beyond preparing students to enter university.
"The needs of the economy extends way beyond the needs for university entrance, important though that may be," he said.
Meet Workforce Needs
Clarke further contends that secondary education offerings should meet the needs of students, increase their likelihood for employment, meet the needs of the 21st-century workforce,
serve the firms in the marketplace and meet the needs of a competitive economy.
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