The UK government is trialling giving career advice and guidance to children as young as 7 years old in an effort to help those from underprivileged backgrounds get a clearer idea of how to achieve their goals.
The scheme, being trialled in nearly 40 primary schools across the country, intends to inform children about what they can do when they grow up and how they can go about getting there. This is in response to a notable drop-off in students in high schools using careers advise services, with the numbers of students doing this dropping by half since 1997.
While this is certainly an admirable scheme to get those from poorer backgrounds to realise that they can do anything they want to, it does highlight a worrying trend to make children mature faster and faster. I know when I was 7 years old, I didn’t really want to be anything other than an astronaut or fighter jet pilot!
I do hope this scheme makes a few children think a bit more positively about their future, but I think they are addressing the problem at the wrong age. I would imagine helping with careers guidance at the beginning of high school, rather than half-way through, may well motivate more students to aim higher and get the qualifications and knowledge to get into their chosen field of interest.
Still, good to see the government doing something…
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