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“Give us a qualification” should be the first‐demand of today's teenager, not simply “Give us a job”, says Education Minister Chris Patten. Young people now had an unprecedented range of education and training options to choose from, and no school‐leaver should be forced to contemplate the alternatives — employment without further education and training, or unemployment. Employers, for their part, should show with hard cash that they seriously valued a properly trained and educated work‐force. Speaking to the Industrial Society on Education and Training: The Way Ahead, Mr. Patten outlined: