ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the term 'Sixteen to Nineteen Age Group' to comprise those sixteen-year-olds who have reached the statutory school-leaving age together with all seventeen- and eighteen-year-olds. One of the major concerns of further education has always been with the education and training of a substantial proportions of school-leavers, nowadays consisting of the sixteen to nineteen age groups, a proportion which has grown steadily in the post-war period. The chapter examines some of the more general issues that bear upon the provision of non-advanced further education and the establishments which provide it, including the effects of the economic recession and cuts in public expenditure. It also examines in detail the growth in education and training opportunities for those youngsters in the sixteen to nineteen age group who go directly to work or, increasingly, into unemployment. The chapter concentrates on analysing the major course developments and proposals for certification.
