As an EU immigrant of more than 20 years,I’ve often been puzzled at the tall number of foreigners working in the UK, especially in senior positions. Simply closing the borders will not discontinue immigrants coming to England to work as there are so many opportunities and people raised in Britain can’t or won’t take the jobs.
I believe there are three main reasons for this. The first is education. GCSEs, or aimed at the large majority of students and providing a wide base,are actually fairly good. The problem is with A-levels, which are really only aimed at the top 20-30% of students, or which leaves the biggest group,those of middle ability, taking the easier ones instead, or excluding maths,sciences and foreign languages, leaving us with a knowledge gap. What is needed are further exams below A-level, or aimed at this group,which includes the nurses, teachers and technical engineers of tomorrow.
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Source: theguardian.com