Labour prime minister James Callaghan thought British education+industry=decline=schools didn't teach people=skills=needed=work.
All governments since then have had policies=create=closer link between school+work=vocalisation
Youth training systems started=1983,1993=GNVQ's+NVQ's=introduced,introduction=New Deal=1997=people=benefits must attend courses=don't accept work.
Key skills qualifications=started=supposed=useful=all jobs,Curriculum 2000=reform=post 16 education,included=introduction=vocational a-level
some problems=vocational education: some sociologists argue=
vocational education aims=teach good work discipline,
some Marxists sociologists=vocational training provides cheap labour+government encourage people =training schemes=lower unemployment statistics.
lots=young people=part time jobs=already have work skills+vocational qualificationa aren't regarded=highly=academic qualifications=universities+employers.
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