Probably to make up for the fact that the education system is utter shit. I'm relatively fresh out of it (21) and if I had to stay on after turning 16 it would

Probably to make up for the fact that the education system is utter shit. I'm relatively fresh out of it (21) and if I had to stay on after turning 16 it would have held me back significantly. If I was let out at 14 I'd probably have fared better. Apprenticeships are underrated. Let students specialise and stop torturing them with irrelevant bullshit. Not once have I needed anything I was taught in maths beyond year 9. Study of English literature was particularly excruciating.