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Children grill business chief

Schoolchildren had the chance to grill the chief of the Confederation of British Industries about their future during a breakfast meeting last week.

Richard Lambert, Director General of the CBI, faced 25 Year 6 pupils during a special business breakfast.

The 10 and 11 year olds, from Fell Dyke Primary School in Gateshead, had lots of controversial questions for Mr Lambert as they raised concerns about entering the job market in today’s tough economic climate.

Amongst many other questions, the children wanted to know if Mr Lambert thought SATS were important or not, whether going to university would help them let a good job, and whether is it really worth working hard at school.

The children were also keen for Mr Lambert’s views on recent MP’s expenses claims.

Mr Lambert visited the school as part of a push to forge closer links with education and ensure young people are equipped with essential employability skills in the future.

Headteacher at Fell Dyke Primary School, Belita Scott, said: “If you want to find out more about commerce, you really can’t get much better than meeting the ‘Voice of Business’ face-to-face.

“This event gave our children a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet one of the world’s highest profile business leaders and discover his views on what the future could hold for them.

“I’m extremely proud of the way our pupils conducted themselves and the intelligent questions they devised. We’ve all had a great morning and have learnt an awful lot about the key employment skills that our students will need to concentrate on in the future.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .