School leavers 'lack basic skills'
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Too many school leavers  cannot  read, write or add up properly, large businesses complain.
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A study suggests 34,000 children could be learning out of school - but warns on lack of reliable information.
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The state is failing children in care with most leaving without any qualifications, a report by a think tank has said.
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A charity says children in the UK have less chance of improving their social standing than those in any other country.
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A Â£45bn school building programme is hit by delays and a lack of expertise, the government admits.
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Teenagers might avoid the Diplomas because they lack the required literacy and numeracy skills, experts say.
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More than half of 16 and 17-year-olds who left care in the last year did not achieve any Standard Grade level qualifications, it emerges.
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England's secondary schools should drop GCSEs and A-levels for a diploma, a report says - but reaction is mixed.
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Â· Maths and English hit by decline in trainees  Â· Shortfall will hit schools in summer of 2009
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Schools are struggling to cope with increasing numbers of pupils with mental health problems, research suggests.
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Inspectors say one in four schools in England fail to offer suitable lessons in citizenship, which became compulsory four years ago.
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Graduates earn on average about a quarter more than  people who leave school after A-levels, research suggests.
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A top government adviser says about 80,000 children go to underperforming secondary schools each year.
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An Ofsted study of children's first years of learning shows weaknesses in literacy and calculation.
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Almost a fifth of England's state secondary schools do not meet GCSE targets but things are improving.
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Proposed new maths GCSEs could leave students unprepared for A-level study, experts say.
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India faces the difficulty of educating its children in public schools that have sunk to spectacularly low levels.