Vocational Education: An Example of the Government's Economic Illiteracy?.

Corrigan, K. J.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Vocational Education: An Example of the Government's Economic Illiteracy?

Corrigan, K. J.

Economics, v23 n99 p66-67 Fall 1987

Criticizes the new technical schools in Great Britain as "yet another waste of the taxpayers' money." Argues that employers value general academic ability over specific vocational skills. Concludes that successive British governments have demonstrated economic illiteracy when applying the principles of economics to the education industry. (DH)

Descriptors: Economics, Foreign Countries, Job Placement, Labor Force Development, Secondary Education, Trade and Industrial Education, Vocational Schools

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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