Forced education will cause 'mass truancy' - Telegraph
Forced education will cause 'mass truancy'
By Graeme Paton, Education Correspondent 31/07/2007
Forcing teenagers to stay in education until 18 will cause "mass truancy" and criminalise thousands of young people, a teachers' leader has warned.
The education leaving age will be raised
Truants could face fines and a criminal record
Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plan to raise the leaving age for the first time in 35 years will "prolong the agony" of school for many teenagers already bored by the classroom, said Geraldine Everett, chairman of the Professional Association of Teachers....
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