BUSINESS life: Schools' role in economy debated.A MORE balanced school curriculum is needed if the UK is to build on its skills and entrepreneurial base, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCI BCI Bat Conservation International BCI Brain-Computer Interface BCI Business Continuity Institute BCI Business Cycle Indicators BCI Banco de Credito e Inversiones (Chilean bank) BCI Bell Canada International ). BCI policy director Louise Beard, who is meeting Education Secretary Estelle Morris Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, PC (born 17 June 1952) is a British Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. She was briefly a member of the Cabinet. Estelle Morris was born to a strongly political family. this week, said: "It is essential that schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school are given the chance to experience the spirit of enterprise - whether they be academically minded or the more hands-on pupils. "The government has recently applauded recommendations from the Enterprise and the Economy in Education report that schoolchildren should get practice in running companies. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , links between schools and industry have to be improved. "We will be asking the Education Secretary to put this important issue at the top of her priority list. "There has to be a redirection in education, not away from academic values but a parallel move towards encouraging the more traditional skills where appropriate." Isabella Moore, chairman of the newly-established Confederation of West Midlands West Midlands, former metropolitan county, central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Birmingham conurbation and comprised seven metropolitan districts: Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Birmingham, Solihull, Chambers of Commerce, said: "The secretary should also be looking at the lack of emphasis on post-14 compulsory language training in schools. "There is business concern that if we are to be as competitive as our European counterparts, language skills are essential." CAPTION(S): TALKS: Education Secretary Estelle Morris; LANGUAGE CONCERN: Isabella Moore |
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