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Children to stay in education or training until 18

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85% Informative

Education Minister Paul Givan is set to make it compulsory for young people to stay in education or training until they are 18 .

At present, young people in Northern Ireland can leave school at the age of 16 .

The school leaving age has been 16 , by law, since 1972 .

There are about 14,000 young people who are not in education, employment or training ( NEET ).

VR Score

91

Informative language

91

Neutral language

79

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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