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Bricklaying, hairdressing and zoo trips: How to solve the NEET crisis

Alan Milburn’s report said schools were too focused on exams and university. But some have already started finding other ways to prepare pupils for adult life

Esmé Kenney

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Targeted support for primary school pupils, setting up more vocational courses and shadowing the bosses at zoos are among the ways that schools are trying to give pupils the best chance of finding a job.

More than one million young people are now not in education, employment or training, or “NEET”.

A by former health secretary Alan Milburn recently accused schools of being too focused on exams and getting pupils into university.

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