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According to the Guardian, the blueprint being worked on in Whitehall is the fruit of a growing awareness that work experience often fails young people, and that pilot programmes that involve local businesses in "enterprise education" do better.
The plans currently envisage that a two-week initial course could be introduced in two years' time, and be available to all pupils aged between 12 and 18.
It would include lessons in how to draw up business plans and obtain bank loans. Pupils would also hear talks from local entrepreneurs during sessions held either in schools or business colleges, some of which are under-used in summer.
Full article: Chancellor backs summer camp scheme for teenage would-be entrepreneurs - Guardian
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