Recent recommendations from the Welsh Youth Parliament include that “Schools should teach more life skills to avoid producing "A* robots with no knowledge of the real world."
The Parliament called for the new curriculum to be amended on the basis of its findings. The Welsh Government agreed life skills were important and the new curriculum would develop "capable learners."
The report identified "large gaps" in the life skills being taught in schools as well as too much emphasis on exams. "We currently leave school with a handful of skills but no knowledge on how to speak in public, clean, maintain healthy relationships, buy cars, apply for mortgages, road safety, and many other skills that are needed to succeed in life."
More than 2,500 young people were questioned as part of the Welsh Youth Parliament's research.
What do you think? Should more emphasis at schools be placed on life skills?
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