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This second report of the Independent Advisory Group assesses England's progress in equipping young people with the right skills for the future - focusing on literacy and numeracy, digital capabilities and employability skills. It presents recommendations on reforming educational pathways from school up until the world of work. The first report, 'Careers 2020: making education work', can be found in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 115.845.

The report finds that the current economic climate presents a number of serious skills challenges and calls on the government to: (1) ensure new T Level reforms fit with wider educational reforms, and do not close off options of further study and long-term career development with a simplistic bifurcation between academic and technical pathways; (2) refocus away from a single, crude apprenticeships target - replacing it with a wider set of success criteria that focus on quality and benefits for both learners and employers; (3) continue progress in equipping young people for the future with core literacy and numeracy, and ensure the development of digital and financial knowledge in young people is also fit for the future; and (4) establish mechanisms to ensure long-term school and college curriculum decisions reflect independent advice and meet the full range of society's interests in education.

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