4/29/2008 6:26:00 AM
BBC 28 April
An annual survey of youngsters shows an increasing number of them are expecting to enter higher education. The poll by the Sutton Trust education charity found 39% of 11 to 16-year-olds thought they were "very likely" and 34% "fairly likely" to go to university. The survey found that fewer young people were being put off from applying by fears over debt. But the latest figure for young people actually entering higher education is 40% - lower than the previous year. The figures from the Sutton Trust, from an Ipsos/Mori poll of more than 2,300 pupils aged 11 to 16, show a rising level of expectation among youngsters that they will go to university. Last year, the percentage of pupils who thought they were very or fairly likely to enter higher education was 71%. The percentage deterred by worries about student debt fell from 20% last year to 13% this year. But the chairman of the Sutton Trust, Sir Peter Lampl, highlights the gap between the aspirations of young people and the reality in terms of the much smaller numbers who actually go. BBC
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