Unemployment remains the biggest challenge to school-leavers in most countries. How far do you agree with this assessment? What other challenges face young people today?

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Band 7.0

Coherence and Cohesion

Band 7.0

Lexical Resource

Band 7.0

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Band 8.0

Nowadays, the opinion that unemployment is the biggest obstacle to school-leavers has been a common notion in many countries. However, I do not agree with this assessment as I believe that young people today face even bigger challenges than unemployment.

Task Response

Band 7.0

Coherence and Cohesion

Band 7.0

Lexical Resource

Band 7.0

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Band 7.0

Unemployment is a significant challenge in many parts of the world today, but it is not the biggest challenge to school-leavers in most countries. So, I disagree with the idea.

Task Response

Band 7.0

Coherence and Cohesion

Band 6.0

Lexical Resource

Band 7.0

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Band 7.0

Adolescents face several challenges on their path to adulthood and successful career. And it becomes even more difficult for school-leavers as sorting their way out in the employment market seems to be the immediate and the biggest obstacle they encounter.