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Education Secretary Lucy Powell says the government will bring in new "technical and vocational qualifications" for young people. "Mayors and employers as well are really going to help us now to to make sure that young people have got some good work experience", she says. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00So we're bringing in new technical and vocational qualifications at 16.
00:05These are going to be high esteem, high quality qualifications.
00:10Mayors and employers are going to help us design those.
00:12What do they need for their area in those qualifications?
00:17Mayors and employers as well are really going to help us now
00:20to make sure that young people have got some good work experience as well.
00:24This is a common call across the country.
00:28Young people want those opportunities for work experience, but they're just not there.
00:33And schools can't do that themselves.
00:35They don't have the links with employers to make that happen.
00:38But mayors can really help to deliver that, and some are doing fantastic at the moment.
00:43So new qualifications at 16, sort of tailored to your local area,
00:49but national high quality qualifications, more work experience.
00:54And then after 16, your real clear pathways as well
00:58into technical and vocational education alongside academic.
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