Everyone should stay in school until the age of eighteen. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

In many countries,

school

attendance is mandatory for all

children

up to a specific

age

. In India,

this

is 14 years of

age

. In the UK and many other countries, it is 16,

although

the UK government now has plans to raise the

school

leaving

age

to 18. I agree that

children

should be in

school

till the

age

of 18. In the following paragraphs, I intend to put forth my arguments to support my views. The most important reason for raising the

school

leaving

age

to 18 is that

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the

age

of 14-18 is the most impressionable

age

of a child’s life. During

this

period of adolescence, the

children

undergo physical and hormonal changes because of which they are under a lot of pressure.

Therefore

, lengthening compulsory schooling helps protect childhood.

While

at

school

students will be protected from some of the pressures in life. They have the rest of adulthood to work, make budgets balance and make choices. Providing them with space to grow for as long as possible can make them better prepared for adult life.

Secondly

, more

education

provides the opportunity to acquire more skills and

therefore

more options. It has been shown many times that those with more

education

find it easier to find work and that they are more likely to find that work satisfying. What is more, raising the

school

-leaving

age

is a crucial investment in society's future. Doing so increases the economic potential of the future workforce, and so will bring increased tax revenues in the long term.

However

, the opponents claim that extending the period of compulsory

education

requires a huge investment in teachers, books and new

school

buildings which would be very expensive. They

also

say that many families need their

children

to make an economic contribution to the family income and working early can help these families to survive.

Finally

, just being in

school

does not guarantee that a student is learning. Unwilling students become disruptive and damage the

education

of others in their class. To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that, as every garden has weeds,

similarly

compulsory schooling

also

has some drawbacks.

However

, these drawbacks are nothing compared to the vast benefits

this

approach would bring and the cost needed to implement would be negligible if compared to the huge economic potential of the future workforce.

Therefore

, I believe that everyone should stay in

school

until the

age

of eighteen.