Government ministers have been accused of inaction and “burying their heads in the sand” on careers education in a scathing attack by two high-profile House of Commons select committees.
A statement released by the chairs of the Education Select Committee and the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee is calling on ministers to act “as a matter of urgency”.
The two chairmen, Neil Carmichael MP and Iain Wright MP, are critical of the government’s response to a report published by the Sub-committee on Education, Skills and the Economy, which they both co-chair, earlier this year.
The report – entitled Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance – found that the quality of CEIAG across England is still “patchy” and that provision was “often inadequate”.
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