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Eight in 10 Brits believe lessons learnt outside the classroom are more important
A poll of 2,000 adults found 67% say their most useful skills were learned outside school, with many relying on online tutorials and trial and error.
- A poll of 2,000 adults found that 53 per cent of Brits rely on self-taught competences for practical everyday life, having acquired 22 new skills on average since leaving full-time education.
- While 77 per cent of Brits wished they had been taught more practical lessons in school, 85 per cent said experience taught them things formal education never could.
- Learning from trial and error is preferred by 50 per cent of people, who believe mistakes teach more than advice, while many turn to online tutorials and digital tools .
- Everyday skills include managing money and preparing for job interviews , often triggered by life changes like moving away from home .
- Charlie Nordfeldt, from Samsung UK and Ireland, said "We know learning doesn" stop when formal education ends, as 73 per cent find tutorials and guidance readily available makes learning easier.
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Eight in 10 Brits believe lessons learnt outside the classroom are more important
Eight in 10 Brits believe the lessons learnt in the 'university of life' are more important than anything they were taught in school or college.
·Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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