Work is progressing well with the construction of the new £26.5 Million state of the art school, the school which is being built as part of the Governments Building Schools For The Future program which will see every State Secondary School in England, 3500 in total rebuilt or remodelled over the programs lifetime. The building Schools For The Future program is the largest and most ambitious scheme of its type in the World and will transform the education some 3.3 million students.
The new school at Woodchurch which will open in September 2010, which as well as providing world class state of the art educational facilities, it will be environmentally sustainable.
Great news BUT what happens when these children leave school?
Youth unemployment is now a THIRD higher than it was in 1997.
Nearly one million people between the ages of 16 and 24 are out of work – that is ONE in SIX.
What do you propose to do about this?
Dear Resident
Thank you for your comment.
It goes without saying that any unemployment especially youth unemployment is an unacceptable effect of the global recession and a sobering thought is that behind every statistic there is a human story, this is precisely why the Govenment has supported the economy the way it has. As a direct result of measures taken by the Government there are at least 500,000 people still in jobs who otherwise would be unemployed, those measures it has to be said were opposed by the Conservatives, whose policy it is to let the recession take its course ignoring the devastating effect on individuals and the economy.
In relation to youth unemployment, the Government has launched The Backing Young Britain campaign http://interactive.bis.gov.uk/backingyoungbritain/ , which will see £1 billion invested in a Future Jobs Fund that will create 100,000 new jobs for young people and a further 50,000 jobs in unemployment hotspots.
An additional £40 million will be injected into a new mentoring network for young people entering the job market and around 10,000 work experience places will be created for unemployed 18 -21 year olds.