#neets

The problem in discussions of youth unemployment & NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training) is the assumption that the blame for their plight lies with them; if only they'd get their act together, they'd find jobs & other opportunities. However, actually the UK's labour market is managed to keep a relatively high level of unemployment to reduce wages, firms don't train because of cost-cutting & entry level jobs are falling due to AI! Stop the victim blaming! #NEETs #workers #politics

I agree with Teachers that education has become too obsessed with exams (including universities where exams are uses to combat the corrosive use of AI), not least as it results in an anti-humanist education, but blaming schools for not preparing young people for work (and rise in economic inactivity among the young), approaches victim blaming; the problem reflects the UK's low-wage economy, where workers are seen as a cost & not invested in. #workers #education #NEETs