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Originally Posted by Jae Swift
BBC NEWS | UK | Education | School leaving age may be raised
Now I leave my opinion on it, hopefully nobody will cry about my opinion on this like with my other topic..
I think the raising of the school leaving age would be a TERRIBLE move, the schools are already filled with too many children who shouldn't be there being forced to attend. It should be a choice not an obligation. The Sixth form classes work so much better for the lack of discipline issues as the school is not forced to teach you there and the class sizes are smaller, I firmly believe that forcing students to attend A-levels would drastically reduce exam results and like a few other people are probably going to say.. Do no more than just waste another two years of some peoples lives. 
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I think your misunderstanding the aim of the proposal. A young person will have to stay in some orm of education til the age of 18, not necessarily school. If after 16 a person chooses to work, their employer must ensure that the young person is gaining some for of written qualification whilst working there, til the age ofer 18. The ai is to ensure that all persons under 18 gain a form of academic or vocational qualification higher than the current standard and reduce the unemployment figures, as if u have written qualifications have (arguably) more chances of getting a job.
I think it's a brilliant idea, but I guess it depends on the perspective of the young person, as I have voluntarily done what the proposal says, so I'm bound to think its an excellent idea, where as if you hated school (and I wasnt the biggest fan) then I guess this proposal could be seen in a negative way.