Young people’s access to employment: a difficult challenge

The 2018-2019 school year begins and the worrying issue of dropping out of school will no doubt remain an unresolved problem to this day.

Fortunately, some progress has been made in France in recent years, but with 95,000 young people who leave school without any diploma every year (on average for 3 years), this recurring problem will lead to a spiral with dramatic effects: loss of reference, unemployment, de-socialization, and probably worse…

It is now accepted that the shift towards dropping out begins in primary classes and that the point of no return is generally reached around 14, 15 years old during the first cycle of the college. Disinterest and loss of self-esteem are the main causes of absenteeism: 25% of primary school students admit to having dried up a course, and 11% missed a day.
The national education budget is 51 billion euros (the largest expense item in France) for a little less than 13 million students, which represents 4,000 Euros on average per student. Nearly 900,000 teachers are mobilized, on average one for every 15 students. A priori we have the means to succeed. And yet we cannot overcome this problem.
The root causes of this failure are probably to be found in two complementary aspects: a poorly adapted training program and weak family support.
What are the solutions? It seems very clear to us that national education alone cannot succeed.

Therefore let’s act! Solidarity programs in school support have demonstrated their benefits in complementary areas: Energie Jeunes has passed the milestone of 100,000 trained young people! The association 100,000 Entrepreneurs has made 64,000 young people aware of business creation. Orchestre à l’Ecole has reinforced the self-esteem of more than 36,000 young people! These steps have concrete results! They carry our hope and show the way for our commitment to all !

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