Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has described how changes to the way technical education works in the region are "the single biggest thing I could do to change life chances" for local young people.
At an event tomorrow (May 17th) he will unveil plans for a Manchester Baccalaureate, an alternative to the existing national English Baccalaureate (EBacc) system and something he says will focus on subjects which maximise young people’s chance of getting a good job in the Greater Manchester economy.
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