4/28/2008 10:41:00 AM
The Times 28 April
Four in ten teenagers say that they are getting little or no information about going to university from their teachers and schools, a survey suggests.The finding, published today by the Sutton Trust education charity, will alarm ministers, who have a target of getting 50 per cent of all young people into higher education. The poll of 2,387 pupils aged 11 to 16 in England and Wales found that nearly three quarters believed that they were likely to go into higher education – the highest proportion for five years. Only 8 per cent said that they were either “very unlikely” or “fairly unlikely” to go to university, a fall from last year’s 11 per cent. The main reason given by more than half (52 per cent) of those who did not think they would progress to higher education was the desire to “do something practical rather than studying from books”. Fifty per cent wanted to start earning as soon as possible and 30 per cent thought they could get a well-paid job without a degree. Only 13 per cent reported that they were “worried about getting into debt as a student”, a big drop from the 20 per cent who said this last year.However, many students did not believe they were getting enough information from their teachers about going into higher education. Four out of ten said they were either getting “not very much” information (31 per cent) or “none at all” (9 per cent). Times
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