Ministers should consider reviving the Young Apprenticeships programme and must also give “greater clarity” about the purpose of Traineeships, MPs have said.
A report from Parliament’s Education Select Committee also warns that too many schools still “misunderstand” Apprenticeships and have a “cultural preference” for academic routes.
After a nine-month inquiry, the committee has concluded that the proportion of young people, aged 16, 17 and 18, taking up any kind of Apprenticeship “remains too low”. Its report this week makes a number of recommendations to the government.
The figures show that Apprenticeship starts in 2013/14 reached 119,760 – this is broken down as 25,540 for 16-year-olds, 38,970 for 17-year-olds and 55,050 for 18-year-olds. However, the overall figure is lower than that in 2010/11, when there were 129,890 starts.
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