Mayor Andy Burnham reveals how the new Manchester Baccalaureate will work
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has described how changes to the way technical education works in the region are "the single biggest thing I could do to change life chances" for local young people.
The unveiling of the so-called MBacc comes after Greater Manchester became one of two regions outside London to sign a 'trailblazer' devolution deal with government handing over a host of new powers. He said: "Fixing technical education seems to me to be the single biggest thing that this country needs to do if it's to have a positive growth story in the coming decades.
"There's nothing wrong with that on its own. But it is if that's the only thing that is in front of people in secondary school, and this is what we want to fix. Speaking at an event on levelling up organised by the Institute for Government, Mr Burnham said the MBacc would be "a judgement about the subjects that our employers in our economy want".
And Greater Manchester would introduce a local version of the existing UCAS support service for students, providing a single portal for work-related opportunity.
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