A vocational element is vital to a full education | Observer editorial | Comment is free | The Observer

A vocational element is vital to a full education | Observer editorial | Comment is free | The Observer

If we are not to fail future generations of pupils, Mr Gove's changes will have to be refined before they are instituted

It is hard to conceive at a time of stalled growth and rising unemployment that within the next 20 years the world economy is predicted to double in size. A billion skilled jobs and thousands of new industries will be created of a kind and nature that we cannot begin to imagine.