The British, like the Americans, are facing youth education and employment problems. Recent consideration of the content and standard of education, especially the obligations schools have in equipping pupils for adult life, has led to the suggestion that schools have a duty to meet industry's needs. Government should consider a national program giving a new vocational thrust to secondary education, because, for school to help students acquire social and other skills to help them obtain jobs in the 1980s, education must offer a stronger vocational program that reflects changing employment patterns. Youth unemployment needs special attention because it may condition work attitudes. What young people want should also be considered. Students not aspiring to higher education should have the opportunity to explore work places and engage in practical activities. Education should be changed to include practical activities in the curriculum, more closely associate schools and further education colleges, instill a wider knowledge of industry in teacher training, give students supervised work experience, and provide for student career awareness, career exploration, and career selection. (YLB)