at one time. apprenticeships/vocational training was given/paid for by the company. plumbing welding joinery and the like.
i have no problem someone doing a two year course on two thirds pay in order to pay for them. or for the company to pay or give on the job training. a contract fro two years employment could be signed or something similar. lots of courses could be dropped altogether. for me the arts, are the ones we should pay through taxes as should the science, math and english degrees. at present we have too many degree courses with no outcome at the end as far as jobs are concerned. when you get people with degrees in microbiology having to work in macdonalds you should be aware that we're wasting our taxes paying for them. on the other hand, universities and think tanks, firms who need such workers should look ahead and pay for scholarships indentured for a year or two etc but privately paid for non the less. there has to be a system where the state runs the tertiary schools efficiently and exotic subjects are paid for by industry.
i have no problem someone doing a two year course on two thirds pay in order to pay for them. or for the company to pay or give on the job training. a contract fro two years employment could be signed or something similar. lots of courses could be dropped altogether. for me the arts, are the ones we should pay through taxes as should the science, math and english degrees. at present we have too many degree courses with no outcome at the end as far as jobs are concerned. when you get people with degrees in microbiology having to work in macdonalds you should be aware that we're wasting our taxes paying for them. on the other hand, universities and think tanks, firms who need such workers should look ahead and pay for scholarships indentured for a year or two etc but privately paid for non the less. there has to be a system where the state runs the tertiary schools efficiently and exotic subjects are paid for by industry.
(06-28-2012, 02:25 PM)Touchstone Wrote: Why should taxpayers subsidize the apprenticeships of electricians but not the university studies of teachers?because very often it's the teachers with the degree who is teaching the apprentice.