Ministers urged to scrap school leaving age of 16

Ministers urged to scrap school leaving age of 16

Education: Workforce must become more skilled, report says (file pic). Young people should be made to stay in education until they are 18, a think tank has said.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Scotland made the call as it published a new report on the impact automation and ageing could have on the country.

In the report, the organisation said almost half (46%) of all jobs in Scotland have the potential to be changed in the coming years as a result of automation.At the same time the increasing number of elderly people means there will need to be […]

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