A levels should be phased out after 2008 and replaced by a British Baccalaureate with a menu of academic and vocational elements, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research. The think-tank said that one in four 16 to 18-year-olds in the UK was not doing any form of education or training - a figure that has remained almost constant since 1997. In Germany, the figure is one in ten.
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