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• “It was only when he went undercover and got his hands dirty for a week that he finally realised he had NO school-leavers coming into the profession (due to tight deadlines, ‘efficiency’ savings etc) and all his old timers with 30-40 years in (who were naturally very experienced, skilled and quick at their jobs) were due to retire soon.”

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• “When the latest unemployment figures are released on Wednesday, they will almost certainly show that joblessness jumped again in August, with youth unemployment hitting a million, as a fresh crop of disillusioned school-leavers and disappointed graduates trooped down to the jobcentre.”

  The Guardian: Even Mervyn King is losing faith in Osborne

• “Inside was a reprint of Barry Miles's first interview with the band: They talk of the boredom of living in the council high-rise blocks, of living at home with parents, of dole queues, of the mind-destroying jobs offered to unemployed school-leavers.”

  The Guardian: Punk spoke up for angry kids. Why won't today's bands follow suit

• “The squeeze on places has led to greater scrutiny of alternatives to higher education, including company training programmes that accept school-leavers.”

  The Guardian: Firms cast doubt on value of degree amid squeeze on university places

• “However, just 12% said school-leavers had the same aptitude for learning new skills as graduates, while 58% thought graduates would be quicker learners.”

  The Guardian: Firms cast doubt on value of degree amid squeeze on university places

• “But employers have become increasingly reluctant to hire school-leavers.”

  The Guardian: Training scheme sees 900% rise in apprenticeships for over-60s

• “Since 2002, the pressure to meet MDG2 and to reduce Angola's 27% teenage illiteracy rate has seen the country recruit thousands of untrained school-leavers into teaching.”

  The Guardian: Angola is facing a teaching crisis that seems without end | Alex Duval Smith

• “According to Dr Yusuf Nsubuga, director of basic and secondary education at the ministry of education, before the secondary scheme barely 50% of primary school-leavers went on to secondary education annually.”

  The Guardian: Free universal secondary education in Uganda has yielded mixed results | Richard M Kavuma

• “Firstly, the notion that our children receive an education at school is refuted on a daily basis by the ignorance, innumeracy and illiteracy of the majority of school-leavers. 10 years 'worth of cumulative schooling appears to be insufficient to equip most children with the fundamentals, so a couple of days lost here and there hardly seem to be of any relevance.”

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• “Liam Byrne, Labour's shadow work and pensions minister, has warned that youngsters face a "summer of anxiety," as a new crop of school-leavers and graduates enter the already overcrowded job market.”

  The Guardian: Chancellor will use budget to create 50,000 apprenticeships

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