About the Inquiry
The Committee undertook a survey to find out why young people follow certain routes, what helps them and what hinders them, and whether they get to where they want to be. This includes the support and information available to help them know, at school and beyond, what the available options are. A BIG THANK YOU to YoungScot, YouthLink Scotland and the Scottish Youth Parliament for producing the survey with us.
The results of the Committee's survey is available in this SPICe analysis
Many thanks to all 895 of you who completed our survey. On the basis of the survey the Committee undertook a short inquiry into progress towards implementation of two recommendations relating to school from Developing the Young Workforce. These recommendations are reproduced below. The Committee issued a targeted call for views to representatives of young people, parents, schools, delivery bodies such as Skills Development Scotland and Education Scotland.
Senior Phase Vocational Pathways
Recommendation 1: Pathways should start in the senior phase which leads to the delivery of industry recognised vocational qualifications alongside academic qualifications. These pathways should be developed and delivered in partnership with colleges and, where necessary, other training providers. Their delivery should be explicitly measured and published alongside other school performance indicators.
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Preparing Young People For The World Of Work
Recommendation 2: A focus on preparing all young people for employment should form a core element of the implementation of Curriculum for Excellence with appropriate resource dedicated to achieve this. In particular local authorities, Skills Development Scotland and employer representative organisations should work together to develop a more comprehensive standard for careers guidance which would reflect the involvement of employers and their role and input.
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More information on the inquiry can be found in the news release.
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Timetable
The Committee heard evidence over four committee meetings from June to October 2018.
Evidence
Submissions
Submissions have been received from:
October 2018
The Committee received supplementary information from the Scottish Government and from Skills Development Scotland in respect of careers information and developing the young workforce.
Visits and Events
Young Women Lead project focus group
The Convener facilitated a focus group with 15 young women from the Young Women Lead project on Thursday 31st May. Around half of the group were currently at school and a number of the other attendees are in roles where they work with young people currently at school and considering what to do on leaving school.
Shetland Visit
A cross party group of MSP's from the Education and Skills Committee visited various venues in Shetland including a high school, a primary school, the local college and local businesses. The Committee heard from a variety of stakeholders in respect of Young People's Pathways.
The Committee would like to thank the various groups that they heard from on this visit.
A link to the notes from the visit is here.
Correspondence
Following the first committee meeting on this inquiry, the Convener wrote to the Minister for Employability and Training regarding Developing the Young Workforce.
Following on from the meeting on the 6 JUne 2018 the Scottish Funding Council wrote to the Committee enclosing additional information on senior phase vocational pathways data.
The Committee received a response from the Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills to the letter sent on the 8 June 2018.
Skills Development Scotland published a report on the 21 September on Delivering Scotland’s Career Service. A link to the report is here
The Committee received a letter from the Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills regarding the Personal and Social Education review.
The Committee received a letter from the Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills regarding an amendment to the Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) Key Performance Indicators.
The Committee received a letter from the Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills regarding commisioning research on young peoples experience of zero hour contracts.
The Convener wrote to the Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills regarding statistics on the destinations of young people when they leave education. Read the letter from the Convener and the Ministers response.
Report
The Committee published its report on the Young People's Pathways inquiry.
Here is a short video in which young people talk about some of the key recommendations from the report.
The Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills wrote to the Convener responding to the Young People's Pathways report.
The Committee received a response from the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES) and from Skills Development Scotland (SDS)to its report.