【阅读理解。MorethanoneintenUKteenagershasbeenleftwithoutajoborcollegeplacedespite11yearsofcompulsoryeducationfiguresshow.Thenumberof16-t018-year-oldsbrandedas"Neet"-notineducationemploymento】

阅读理解。

MorethanoneintenUKteenagershasbeenleftwithoutajoborcollegeplacedespite11yearsof

compulsoryeducationfiguresshow.

Thenumberof16-t018-year-oldsbrandedas"Neet"-notineducationemploymentortraining-has

risenamidgrowingfearsthatschool-leaversarebearingthebruntofjobshortagesintherecession.

Some261000youngpeoplehadnojobortrainingplaceaccordingtoofficialdata.Thefigurerose

to1082000among16-to24-year-olds.

TheConservativesbrandedthefigure"shocking".

DavidWillettstheshadowskillssecretarysaid:"ItisadamningindictmentoftheGovernment's

failuretohelpyoungpeopleduringtherecession."

"DespiteallCordonBrown'sguaranteesandpledgesthenumberofyoungpeopleneitherearningnor

learningisincreasingatarateofmorethan9000aweek.Ministersmuststopmakingemptygestures

thatdosolittletohelpyoungpeople."

TheGovernmenthasatargettoreducetheproportionofyoungNeetsto7.6percentbynextyear.

ThelatestannualdatafromtheDepartmentforChildrenSchoolsandFamiliesputthefigureat10.3

percentbytheendof2008.

Thepercentageof16-t018-year-oldswhofallintothesamebracketremainedhigherinthepastyear

thanintheprevious12monthsitwasrevealed.

"Inafurtherdisclosurefiguresforthethirdquarterofthisyearshowalmostafifthof16to24-year-

oldswereinthecategory-morethanatanypointsince2005.

IainWrighttheSchoolsMinistersaid:"Wearegivingalll6and17-year-oldstheopportunitytostay

ineducationortrainingsotheycangaintheskillstheyneedtosucceedinanincreasinglycompetitive

labourmarket."

"Wemustnotrepeatthemistakesthatweremadeinrecessionsofthepastandabandonawhole

generationofyoungpeople.Werecognizethatweneedtocarryonhelpingyoungpeoplethroughthis

tougheconomicclimate."

HesaidtheGovernmentwouldoffereveryNeet16and17-year-oldaplaceonan"EntrytoEmployment"

courseinJanuary.

1.AccordingtowhatDavidWillettssaidthenumbe