<p>Opportunities for Pupils </p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:16 pm on 11 January 2017.

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Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour 2:16, 11 January 2017

I thank the Minister for that answer. Before I was elected I was a lawyer and when I was a schoolchild I didn’t know any lawyers. No parents of friends or family friends were lawyers but somehow it happened. But in today’s changing economy people may not even know what sorts of jobs are available as they’re going through school, and in regions such as my own we hope to see significant changes in the kind of opportunities coming forward. The Minister will be aware of the World Economic Forum report of this month, which encourages Governments to ensure that the world of work is embedded into the school journey from the earliest opportunity. So, in addition to the advice and the guidance that he referred to in his answer, would the Government consider issuing mandatory guidance to schools about embedding the world of work and the experience and opportunities into the school curriculum from an early age?