Somerset Youth Parliaments Advisory Group welcomes members as young as 11 years, and Daniels article evidences why it’s so important not to underestimate children’s voice or concerns just because they’re young. Our younger members have so much enthusiasm and insight!
My article is about recent issues concerning youth worries about employment. From issues concerning a lack of career information at a young age. This might surprise some people as I’m currently at a Primary school and will be attending The Castle School from September.
Studies (from articles such as Institute of Student Employers (ISE) ISE ) have shown that the amount of education in schools about things that employers seek is in decline.
Overall, what I’m writing about may not apply to every school, but I believe that this is still a pressing matter. This especially applies to primary schools as this passage from a survey by Education and Employers Home – Education and Employers found that only a small fraction of primary school children (less than 1%) had heard about jobs through real-world professionals visiting their school.” This also applies to the lack of information that is given to primary school students about employment. From recent studies this was shown “People tend to take in the most information during childhood and early adolescence, particularly between the ages of 4 and 12.” This period is also the same time as when children are at primary. This shows that younger children can retain more knowledge and that, if taught at a young age, children will be able to learn about this much easier.
Daniel
The group have recently been working with Robert Morrish from the Council’s Strategic Careers Hub, who has been gathering the voices of young people, through their opinions and experiences of careers education in schools. The aim is to work with schools to change and improve students experience and access to a more diverse and creative approach to careers education in schools.
