Sentences with phrase «cent of school leavers»

In Australia, there appears to be an intention on the part of governments that our teachers also should be drawn from the top 30 per cent of school leavers.

I observe that, in high - performing countries such as Singapore and Hong Kong, teachers are drawn from the top 30 per cent of school leavers.

In this country, we are falling well short of drawing our future teachers from the top 30 per cent of school leavers.

Not exact matches

Caveating his concerns, the man of God said his comments should not be misinterpreted as an endorsement of corruption or wrongdoing, but rather a warning about the destruction of the private sector which has the potential of providing jobs for over 95 per cent of employable graduates and secondary school leavers, since, according to him, the public and civil service has room for just about five per cent of all employable Ghanaians.

The research, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), shows that 23 per cent of employers find it difficult to recruit school leavers to engineering, IT or technical roles as they do not meet reasonable skill expectations.

The research also reveals only 12 per cent of new engineering and technology jobs that are planned over the next year will go to school leavers.

The figures show that the average cost of private school education for school leavers in 2016 who started Reception in 2003 is # 156,653, during which time the average annual fees have nearly doubled from # 7,308 in 2003 to # 13,341 in 2016, which is equivalent to 39 per cent of average gross annual full - time earnings.

In fact, the CBI has identified in a `... survey of 291 companies employing nearly 1.5 million people, over half (61 per cent) are concerned about the resilience and self - management of school leavers».

Surveying small business owners, 81 per cent said they are not confident that school leavers have the right levels of employability skills.

What's more, the research found that 77 per cent of managers felt school leavers» management skills were either poor or very poor.

To address these growing concerns over skills gaps in the engineering workforce, particularly among graduates and school leavers, 91 per cent of companies agreed that to improve the supply of engineers and technicians, more employers need to provide work experience for those in education or training.