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 May 21, 2022

Education is not meeting the needs of young people, new report concludes

Rhammel Afflick
Monday, 03 December 2018 / Published in News, Press, UK Young Ambassadors

Education is not meeting the needs of young people, new report concludes

Research carried out by the British Youth Council’s UK Young Ambassadors has concluded that young people are dissatisfied with the way education is structured and have offered viewpoints on how it can be improved to reflect the needs of young people. The new report, which launched on Monday 3rd December 2018, also concludes young people feel incredibly unsupported when it comes to applying for jobs.

60% of the young people surveyed identified the need to have individual capacity for development, languages, internet and media literacy, adaptability to different contexts, democratic participation, intercultural dialogue and basic finance skills as very important to have in school curriculums.

The youth-led consultation, which was led by UK Young Ambassadors for Structured Dialogue, was carried out to establish what the needs of young people are in all the different policy aspects of the European Union. UK Young Ambassadors chose the topics which would resonate most with young people living in the UK and the issues they face. The extensive process investigated the following issues:

  • What skills young people want to have developed in school, but don’t get the chance to, for their future endeavours?
  • What can be further done to support young people in regards to their mental health and wellbeing?
  • How to promote and integrate young people in rural areas?
  • How to promote better nationally the programmes and services the EU offers for the development of young people?
  • What is the best way to achieve equality and inclusion of marginalised groups?
  • How can we further progress youth democratic participation?

Read the UK Young Ambassador’s Report

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