Teachers fear Teenagers are forced to select future at age 14.Dated: 05/04/2010

Teenagers in England are being forced to make crucial decisions about their futures at too young an age, teachers have claimed.

Members of the National Union of Teachers warned of a return to a "two-tier" secondary system.

They attacked Conservative plans for technical schools and voted to campaign against any selection at the age of 14.

Conservative schools spokesman Michael Gove said the proposed technical schools would be "prestigious".

The Conservatives want to open 12 technical schools linked to universities and industries in England's big cities, where teenagers would learn work-skills from the age of 14.

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