But the UK is one of the few places in the world where there is almost no difference between the skills of 16-24 year olds and those 40 years older.
In fact for 55-65 year olds,barcelona jersey flipkart, the UK is in the top three countries for proficiency levels,manchester united home kit next season, making them some of the best-skilled in the world.
But the UK is in the bottom three when it comes to proficiency levels of 16-24 year olds - scoring higher only than Italy and the US in both literacy and numeracy.
In a speech this week,tottenham hotspur womens jersey, Mr Osborne said improving the skills of school leavers would be key to tackling the productivity problem.

A chart on literacy proficiency shows how young people's reading and writing levels compare to those nearing retirement

Numeracy skills don't appear to be adding up either,chelsea fc new home shirt, with no difference between the proficiency of school leavers and their parents
'The level of skills in our country is unacceptable – we're one of only three OECD countries where the skills of our 16-24 year olds are no better than our 55-65 year olds.
'What an indictment of those vested interests who still oppose the changes we're making to raise standards in classrooms.
'We're going to take them on and deliver further reform – so kids in failing or coasting schools get the decent education that should be a birthright in our country,jersey baru dortmund 2014, and we're going to hugely expand apprenticeships.
'And now we've seen off the totally opportunistic,manchester united shirt your name, populist and retrograde efforts to cut tuition fees and starve our universities of finance – we can instead make sure we back these jewels in the crown of the British economy,jersey training ucl real madrid, grow our student numbers and support the world class science research that takes place here.'
Tackling the skills crisis will form a key part of a 'productivity plan' which will be unveiled in the run-up to the Budget in July.

The chart shows how productivity has flat-lined since the 2008 economic crash
Productivity is the economic output for each hour worked,replica liverpool football shirts, against the cost incurred.
Historically Britain's productivity has been almost a third lower than countries like Germany and America.
And since the crash in 2008,arsenal away jersey cheap, it has remained almost flat and not returned to the precrash trend.
Speaking to the CBI this week, Mr Osborne he would 'much rather have the productivity challenge than the challenge of mass unemployment'.
But he said this was 'a once in a generation opportunity, right now,england rugby shirt black, to find an extra gear for the British economy, and ensure higher living standards for the next generation to come'.
He added: 'Confidence in the British economy is at its highest level in 12 years. If we don't,torres spain away jersey, together,manchester united kits through history, fix our country's long term weaknesses now - when will we?
'It would be very easy at the beginning of a second term to take our foot off the pedal. That's not what we are going to do.'相关的主题文章：


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