The Guardian view on technical education: Manchester can blaze a trail | Editorial

Proposals unveiled by Andy Burnham could transform vocational learning for the betterWell over half of young people do not go on to university after leaving school, and our education system is letting many of them down. Further education colleges and sixth forms offering technical pathways into work have been grievously underfunded for years. New vocational qualifications, designed as an alternative to more academic GCSEs and A-levels, have been poorly understood and insufficiently valued by emp