Monday, September 22, 2008

Under-18s to stay in education

Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that all under 18 year olds will be having some form of education or training from 2004. Those students who are leaving school will have to either go into other training or if they took up a job would have to do that in conjuction with an apprenticeship or qualification.

"Senior secondary schooling will be transformed so that staying at school, gaining relevant qualifications, and building on qualifications beyond school, will become the accepted norm over time," Clark says.

Source: NZPA

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