Firms quizzed on school reform.

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Businesses are being urged to suggest improvements to the UK's secondary education system. A nationwide consultation with employers is examining ways to enhance young people's understanding of the skills needed by employers and to ensure that the country remains competitive. Employers' views will form part of the working group for educational reform's final recommendations to the government, which are expected to be published in October. Mike Tomlinson, chairman of the working group, said this would have significant implications for secondary education. "To avoid falling behind other industrialised economies, we have to ensure that our country's education system produces employees of the future who...

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