The Education Committee today publishes the Government’s response to its report on careers education, information, advice and guidance.
Education Committee Chair Robin Walker said:
"We welcome the Government’s broadly positive response to our report, including that it will look to remove unnecessary barriers that discourage employers from offering valuable work experience placements to young people. We also look forward to ministers following up on the proposal of a national platform for work experience placements, both virtual and in-person. We believe this could be of huge benefit to children from disadvantaged backgrounds who aren’t lucky enough to have big employers on their doorsteps. Likewise, the Committee will take a keen interest in the results of DfE’s pilot careers programme in primary schools, and in the contents of DfE’s promised Strategic Action Plan.
We support the Government’s moves to improve teacher training and development so that careers education can be integrated into the curriculum. If the Government gets this right it could help bring academic subjects to life and leave young people with a clearer sense of what they can achieve with their skills.
