The UK’s NEETdemic

In other news, it turns out the 19th century model of state-mandated education focusing on rote memorization isn’t working any better outside the US.

Across Britain, … businesses … say the nation’s schools, technical colleges and apprentice schemes are not turning out the workers they need, from software coders and designers to skilled machinists.

See, this is the headline I think of when I read “Scheme Doesn’t Turn Out as Expected”:

Biltcliffe described the education system as “not fit for purpose” in a changing economy where the growth of automation and artificial intelligence will make creative skills and adaptability all the more important.

While Britain boasts world-leading universities, top scientists and a growing share of young people who continue academic studies after 18, less than a fifth of 25-64 year-olds have a vocational qualification, compared with more than half in Germany, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

In the education system’s defense, most Western institutions are no longer fit for purpose.

Or rather, they’ve been corrupted from their original purpose to evangelize for a heretical Death Cult.

Either way, they’re not going to produce competent people.

Biltcliffe and other employers argue that changes need to be made not only in post-school training, but in schools themselves, which they and some educational campaigners criticise for increasingly promoting memorisation for tests at the expense of creative thinking and practical learning.

Which is another way of saying that state-run education prioritizes girls’ learning styles over boys’ learning styles.

Yet the people in charge are baffled by the shortage of electricians, steamfitters, and welders.

Despite the focus on exams, around 100,000 people leave school every year without required standards in English and maths and Britain has one of the highest rates of young people not in education, employment or training among the world’s leading economies.

Britain’s youth are suffering from the effects of a state-enforced NEETdemic.

Don’t worry, though. Their betters in the media have their finger on the problem.

The shortage of qualified workers is not unique to Britain but it has been exacerbated by the country’s exit from the European Union, which has created more paperwork and cost for employers hiring workers from the bloc. That has contributed to a surge in unfilled vacancies to record levels last year.

Read that again.

“Britain’s young adults are suffering from maleducation and joblessness, but the government’s biggest fault is requiring extra paperwork to replace them!”

That might be the most Boomer thing I’ve ever read.

And understand, that’s how the bureaucrats in charge of your kid’s education feel about him.

To them, he’s just a part in their global money laundering machine. If a part is faulty, they’re not interested in fixing it. They find it easier and cheaper to throw it away and order a replacement from overseas.

That mentality pervades the ruling class of every Western country.

Homeschool your kids if and while you can.

And stop paying people who hate you. Read how here: