The mayor wants to create an 'employer-driven' technical education system starting next year in Greater Manchester
Sixty businesses have backed Andy Burnham's plans for technical education which the government has branded 'narrow' and 'unequal'. Microsoft, Heinz and the BBC are among the big employers to sign up to the mayor's scheme.
The first schools to sign up to the scheme are set to offer the MBacc to some of their students from September 2024 and Mr Burnham hopes that the system will be in place across the city-region by the end of the decade. It comes after the government agreed to set up a new joint education board with Greater Manchester as part of the 'trailblazer' devolution deal earlier this year.
He said: "This isn't about closing things down at 14. It's simply about giving people informed choices. Mr Burnham said that he wants engineering, computer science and creative subjects such as music, art and drama to be options within the MBacc. But he wants businesses to decide what is needed in this 'employer-driven' system.
Marie Hamilton, who is the Greater Manchester region lead for the global technology giant, said digital skills are in demand in the local economy. She said: "From a Microsoft point of view, the Greater Manchester tech sector at the moment is thriving and actually to continue with that we need to bring people through the skill system.
According to Mr Burnham, a survey of 90 businesses found that 90 pc supported the MBacc, while 60 pc of the public also back the proposal. The Labour mayor has now urged his own party to adopt the policy nationally, calling for the opposition to learn from mistakes it made while in government.
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