Are children learning the right foreign languages?
The UK's education system is failing to produce enough people with foreign-language skills to meet a growing need from business, the CBI has said.
In a survey, many firms rated Mandarin and Arabic as particularly useful.
From September, children will have to learn a foreign language from the age of seven.
Judith Burns reports.
Includes an interview with Neil Carberry from the Confederation of British Industry.
22 Jun 2014
- From the section Education & Family