Originally Posted by
GazFish35
My concern isn't literate uni students.
It's illiterate teens who go on to be illiterate adults.
There's links between a nation's education levels and crime rates, health and welfare dependencies.
Educate the population or the population suffers.
I agree the job market has changed significantly, the economy is vastly different now to how it was when the education system was created. Mass manufacturing jobs don't exist like they did and it's no longer as feasible for an illertae low-ses population to find work. The education system needs updating in order to meet the needs of the labour market, so let's do that rather than expect the labour market to go back in time and rely on large volumes of unskilled labour - we can't compete with international markets that way.
And an education is more than just about preparedness for the workforce. Literate, critical hunkers are more likely to make better health choices and reducing the strain on the health system also.
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