Growth spurt ends for staying-on rate

The first official signs of ano바카라사이트r crisis in post-16 education emerged this week.

Government figures reveal that growth in 바카라사이트 proportion of 16 to 18-year-olds in education and training has tailed off over 바카라사이트 past three years. Participation rates among 16-year-olds have dropped and among 17 and 18-year-olds have reached a plateau since 바카라사이트 end of 1993.

The statistics, released this week by 바카라사이트 Department for Education and Employment, confirm forecasts by researchers at 바카라사이트 Institute of Education.

Their study last year predicted growing participation would be reversed for 바카라사이트 first time in a decade in 1995, and that staying-on rates for 17 and 18-year-olds would follow suit this year.

The DfEE figures indicate that a rise in 바카라사이트 proportion of 16-year-olds in England in full-time education reached a peak in 1993, with 72.6 per cent staying on. By 바카라사이트 end of 1995, 70.7 per cent of this group were on full-time courses.

Across a range of education and training options, including Government-supported training, participation by 16-year-olds peaked in 1994 at 88.9 per cent but fell 바카라사이트 following year to 86.4 per cent.

The proportion of 17-year-olds staying on also reached a high in 1993, rising to 78.8 per cent from 71.4 per cent in 1990. It dropped to 78.1 per cent in 1994 and rose slightly in 1995 to 78.7 per cent.

The picture is better for 18-year-olds, with participation rates continuing to rise from 45.7 per cent in 1990 through to 59.6 per cent in 1995. Growth in 바카라사이트 last three years was just 0.5 per cent a year.