General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

I can't see the element of compulsion working very well, at sixteen, some kids can be quite rebellious, and bigger than their parents who would be responsible for their attendance. There's no point in placing someone who doesn't want to be there, in a class were they would probably be disruptive to others who wanted to learn further.

Kids these days don't have the respect for authority that existed many years ago, from time-to-time, pupils have been known to walk out of school, on strike. You'd never hear of that in the past.

A fundamental reform would be needed. Lessons would have to be more relevant or work related.

I left school at sixteen, this was followed immediately by a couple of years at college, so in effect, I was over eighteen when I left education. On starting at college, I found a profound difference in the attitudes of the tutors there, as opposed to the teachers at school, in other words, you were treated like an adult.