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Apprentices dropping out of courses due to 'box-ticking' and 'weak' management, report warns

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“Apprentices dropping out of courses due to 'box-ticking' and 'weak' management, report warns”

A charity has warned young apprentices are dropping out of courses due to a "box-ticking" approach to training and "weak" management. The Sutton Trust report said a lack of apprenticeship opportunities and poor access to information and advice have also led young people to find a "mismatch" between expectation and reality. More than one in three (35 per cent) apprentices in England do not complete their course, and the figure is higher among 16-to-18-year-olds (36 per cent) and those from…

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