Children, Schools and Families written question – answered at on 21 July 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people will work on the Manufacturing the Future programme in schools when the programme becomes operational; how many are working to prepare the programme; when the programme will start; how much has been spent on preparing the programme; and how much funding has been allocated for the programme in total.
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A part of the Manufacturing the Future programme focuses on presenting young people in schools and colleges, with positive images of the wide range of good careers in the Manufacturing sector. STEMNET (the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network) has been tasked with preparing a set of six product based case studies, which will be resources for teachers, to demonstrate the breadth of careers within the manufacturing sector. The products have been carefully selected as being of genuine interest to young people, particularly teenagers. STEMNET began this work in January 2009, and will complete it in July 2009, with the expectation that the resources will be posted to every UK secondary school during September 2009. A total of £54,000 has been allocated to this particular project. This will pay for six individual products to be featured, each of which contains a number of 'real-life' examples of the people who have used STEM and related skills in their manufacture.
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