The Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) is urging schools to up the number of encounters that students have with employers. Set-up by the government, the CEC is charged with boosting education-business links and improving careers advice across England. Its CEO, Claudia Harris, made the call after the latest figures (from October to December) showed that 11.8 per cent of young people aged 16 to 25 are NEET – up slightly from the previous quarter.
Ms Harris said: “Research shows that young people who have had multiple encounters with business while at school are significantly less likely to be NEET. Young people need to be offered encounters with local businesses, given information about the labour market and careers available to them, and have a plan that reflects their strengths.”
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