§ 32. Mr. Rentonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he is taking to ensure that there is more vocational training in the secondary schools to suit school leavers for the skills that industry expects to require in the next 10 years.
§ Dr. BoysonThe Government attach great importance to this. We have instituted a programme of special development projects in selected local education authorities, starting next September, which will result in more relevant and effective education for pupils for whom public examinations are not designed. In addition, it is376W intended that the certificate for pre-vocational education (the 17-plus) will come on stream in September. This will provide a one-year full-time pre-vocational course for pupils who stay on at school or who enter college. The Government are also launching, through the Manpower Services Commission and selected local education authorities, 10 pilot projects which will be designed to improve the provision of technical and vocational education for 14 to 18 year olds.