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Youth Training Scheme Update. A total of 342,000 young people, nearly 60 per cent of 16–17 year olds entering the labour market, joined YTS in 1986/87. This was the first year in which a two‐year programme was available for 16‐year‐old school leavers and a one‐year programme for 17‐year‐old leavers, a major step forward in the development of high‐quality training for young people entering the labour market. These findings come from the YTS Progress Report 1986/87, which goes on to show that 75 per cent of 1986/87 YTS leavers were in a job, further education, or training three months after leaving their scheme.