NEET

Nearly a third of Italians aged between 15 and 29 are classified as NEET - Not in Education, Employment or Training.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

One of the more persistent LoL anon stalkers of modern times has drawn attention to this BBC page which has some wallah from LSE saying around twice as many 16 to 17 year olds are Not in Employment Education of Training aka NEET as the government figures show.

Covering Statistics: Like With Like, Fair Summary

Latest figures show that 380,000 16 and 17-year-olds are classified as NEET, while 3.4 million 18-24 year olds are also unemployed.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph

Even if it is accepted that nobody at this age should be 'NEET', the fact that the proportion around 10% is far lower than the proportion of under-qualified 19-year-olds means that it is not enough to worry about the 'NEET' group alone.

Archive 2007-07-01

Also shown is the proportion of 16- to 18-year-olds not in employment, education or training 'NEET'.

Archive 2007-07-01

These statistics also shed light on a measure which seems recently to have become prominent, namely, the proportion 16- to 18-year-olds in the 'NEET' group.

Archive 2007-07-01

The majority of respondents do not belong to the "NEET" group

SiliconIndia.com

One conversation was about the need to be flexible in order to engage young people who are classified, "NEET" (not my favourite piece of jargon but means, Not in Education, Employment or Training).

Youthblog

By early 2010, when Care to Learn was evaluated, only 27% were NEET.

Young mothers face benefits axe as education cuts hit childcare support

Their letter says that before starting learning in the 2008/9 academic year, a staggering 69% of young parents receiving Care to Learn were not in employment, education or training NEET.

Young mothers face benefits axe as education cuts hit childcare support