My neighbour's daughter just got her degree results. She took a
tough course, chemistry with physics, a straight through to masters
programme, with a year's input abroad working with a scientific research
team. I've seen this girl grow from tiny baby, go through primary and
secondary schools, and on to becoming a university student. It's
wonderful to be able to see our young people strike out and forge a
place for themselves in life. Mum and I exchanged an excited hug....the
newly graduated student has achieved a first class honours!
Throughout the year, there are individual educational achievements
announced in the local paper. It can be seen there is a high percentage
of young people who go on to higher education and further training,
though, opportunities for work place training and apprenticeships have
severely contracted over recent years. This is reflected nationwide. The
issue of suitably and productively employing our home grown talent is
an urgent one, and becoming ever more difficult to address.
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