Instead, a survey of more than 3,500 parents has found that vocational qualifications in plumbing, IT, automotive engineering and accountancy are considered much more likely to lead to employment.
The poll has been carried out by the Edge Foundation and City and Guilds ahead of the Skills Show this week.
Of the parents responding, 57 per cent said a young person with a plumbing qualification would be “very employable”, while for IT the figure was 51 per cent.
Other vocational careers ranked highly included accountancy (44 per cent), automotive engineering (44 per cent), and construction (43 per cent).
When it comes to academic education, the parents felt that a law degree (53 per cent) and a science degree (52 per cent) were strong options to ensure young people were “very employable”.
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