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- noun A person not in
employment ,education , ortraining
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nearly a third of Italians aged between 15 and 29 are classified as NEET - Not in Education, Employment or Training.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Nick Squires 2012
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One of the more persistent LoL anon stalkers of modern times has drawn attention to this BBC page which has some wallah from LSE saying around twice as many 16 to 17 year olds are Not in Employment Education of Training aka NEET as the government figures show.
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Latest figures show that 380,000 16 and 17-year-olds are classified as NEET, while 3.4 million 18-24 year olds are also unemployed.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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These statistics also shed light on a measure which seems recently to have become prominent, namely, the proportion 16- to 18-year-olds in the 'NEET' group.
Archive 2007-07-01 Valleys Mam 2007
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These statistics also shed light on a measure which seems recently to have become prominent, namely, the proportion 16- to 18-year-olds in the 'NEET' group.
Poverty and social exclusion in Wales 2007 report from Rowntree Valleys Mam 2007
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Also shown is the proportion of 16- to 18-year-olds not in employment, education or training 'NEET'.
Archive 2007-07-01 Valleys Mam 2007
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Even if it is accepted that nobody at this age should be 'NEET', the fact that the proportion around 10% is far lower than the proportion of under-qualified 19-year-olds means that it is not enough to worry about the 'NEET' group alone.
Poverty and social exclusion in Wales 2007 report from Rowntree Valleys Mam 2007
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Also shown is the proportion of 16- to 18-year-olds not in employment, education or training 'NEET'.
Poverty and social exclusion in Wales 2007 report from Rowntree Valleys Mam 2007
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Even if it is accepted that nobody at this age should be 'NEET', the fact that the proportion around 10% is far lower than the proportion of under-qualified 19-year-olds means that it is not enough to worry about the 'NEET' group alone.
Archive 2007-07-01 Valleys Mam 2007
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The majority of respondents do not belong to the "NEET" group
SiliconIndia.com 2010
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