A website for apprenticeships in England backed by Lord Sugar has filled 1,185 vacancies out of the 18,000 advertised, figures show.
The Conservatives have branded it a "failure" and an "expensive gimmick".
Lord Sugar, the face of BBC's The Apprentice and now government enterprise tsar, said businesses should get behind the scheme.
The government said the apprentice system was working, and successful completion rates were rising.
In June, a parliamentary answer given by the Skills Minister Kevin Brennan said 616 apprenticeship vacancies had been filled out of 17,588 advertised.
But the National Apprenticeship Service said building up the numbers of vacancies and applications was "taking time".
The number of apprenticeships accepted has risen rapidly since that date as students reach the end of their courses, it said.
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Thursday, 27 August 2009
Friday, 12 June 2009
Businesses across the country share £11 million to create nearly 3000 new places
More apprenticeships will be open to young people thanks to £11 million in Government funding as part of a new approach to help employers train the skilled workers of the future, Skills Secretary John Denham and Schools Secretary Ed Balls announced recently.
Businesses which already have a proven track record in offering high-quality apprenticeships will share the cash to train extra apprentices - over and above those they already employ. This will result in around 3,000 new apprentices being trained at 16 firms over the next two years and allow smaller firms to benefit from the expertise of businesses which have been training apprentices successfully for some time.
Nearly 60 per cent of the funding will be targeted towards 16 to 18-year-olds with the majority of the remaining support going to support 19 to 24-year-old apprenticeships.
The announcement delivers on a pledge by Ministers in last year’s Apprenticeship Review to explore financial incentives so larger firms could take on apprentices, benefiting smaller companies in their supply chains which could take them on at a later date. At the same time, the move supports more young people and helps build a more highly skilled workforce.
The firms which have so far reached agreement with the Government will offer a wide range of apprenticeship frameworks, including motoring and sport and leisure, reflecting the diversity of apprenticeships now available.
The move will help deliver on the Government’s recent commitment to fund an extra 35,000 places across the public and private sectors backed by an additional £140 million of funding.
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Businesses which already have a proven track record in offering high-quality apprenticeships will share the cash to train extra apprentices - over and above those they already employ. This will result in around 3,000 new apprentices being trained at 16 firms over the next two years and allow smaller firms to benefit from the expertise of businesses which have been training apprentices successfully for some time.
Nearly 60 per cent of the funding will be targeted towards 16 to 18-year-olds with the majority of the remaining support going to support 19 to 24-year-old apprenticeships.
The announcement delivers on a pledge by Ministers in last year’s Apprenticeship Review to explore financial incentives so larger firms could take on apprentices, benefiting smaller companies in their supply chains which could take them on at a later date. At the same time, the move supports more young people and helps build a more highly skilled workforce.
The firms which have so far reached agreement with the Government will offer a wide range of apprenticeship frameworks, including motoring and sport and leisure, reflecting the diversity of apprenticeships now available.
The move will help deliver on the Government’s recent commitment to fund an extra 35,000 places across the public and private sectors backed by an additional £140 million of funding.
www.ukba.co.uk
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