WikiLeaks: Richard Branson says 'overeducated' British students are unprepared for business world
Telegraph ^ | 12/21/10 | Laura Roberts
WikiLeaks: Richard Branson says 'overeducated' British students are unprepared for business world
Richard Branson has criticised the British education system for "overeducating" students and failing to prepare them for the business world, according to leaked diplomatic cables.
By Laura Roberts 7:30AM GMT 21 Dec 2010
The entrepreneur made the comments at a business lunch in Beijing, according to a confidential US diplomat's report.
Chinese businessmen at the event titled What Makes a Good Entrepreneur, held in January 2008, complained that their British counterparts were "overeducated, too conservative, lacking passion for entrepreneurship and too afraid of failure".
The US ambassador Clark Randt reported in a cable published on the WikiLeaks website that: "British billionaire Richard Branson agreed that British entrepreneurs are overeducated and that schooling does not prepare one for entering the business world."
The Chinese reportedly agreed that their own school system had the same problem.
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i wonder what he thinks of Kenya's school system. Just sayin.
