A recent government survey has found that ethnic minority students are more likely to attend university after finishing their formal education, in comparison to their white counterparts.
62% of black students and 63% percent of Asian students who attended a state school go on to study at university while only less than half of white students go on to study at a Higher Education Institution.
While black pupils are continuing to strive for a better education to afford themselves a potentially better future, they are still struggling to get into the top ‘Russell group’ institutions.
While Asian students are the most likely to attend a Russell Group university only 6 per cent of black pupils were able to secure a place between 2012 and 2013.Concerns for white students have been raised following the release of the data, and government officials have suggested that more needs to be done to help those from underprivileged backgrounds.
“Destination data shows that schools are successfully preparing the overwhelming majority of young people to tackle the next stage of life,” Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said.
“School leaders will obviously look to see if they can do more, particularly for those from less privileged backgrounds, but we need some caution when applying such experimental statistics.
“The figures are substantially lagged from when the relevant decisions were made and it is not yet clear how they will reflect local and national trends in the economy and opportunities for employment or training.”
