Because they would be actively taught. It's somewhere between a university class (where the student pays) and a job (where the employer pays), the question is more IMHO about where the line of learning vs working falls. Apprenticeship seems to be catalogued as more work than learning, but that's exactly what the article discusses, how it didn't use to be this way. It seems like this now*:
-$$$ focused tutoring, maximum learning
-$$ cram schools, high focused learning
-$$ private schools, good learning
-$ public schools, mediocre learning (US-based)
?? apprenticeship
+$ 0-1 internships, learn by following
+$$ normal job, no specific learning time
+$$$ senior/executive, just work
Note: I'm not 100% confident with these numbers since in my home country things are a bit different, e.g. public university is better than private one, and internships are normally free.
Example: I taught in a bootcamp. Students paid a non-trivial amount of money for learning, and they were taught in classes of ~20 students. I think that would have been the perfect situation for an apprenticeship. I would not mind teaching someone programming if they help me with design for example. Help going both ways seems just like a normal exchange.
-$$$ focused tutoring, maximum learning
-$$ cram schools, high focused learning
-$$ private schools, good learning
-$ public schools, mediocre learning (US-based)
?? apprenticeship
+$ 0-1 internships, learn by following
+$$ normal job, no specific learning time
+$$$ senior/executive, just work
Note: I'm not 100% confident with these numbers since in my home country things are a bit different, e.g. public university is better than private one, and internships are normally free.
Example: I taught in a bootcamp. Students paid a non-trivial amount of money for learning, and they were taught in classes of ~20 students. I think that would have been the perfect situation for an apprenticeship. I would not mind teaching someone programming if they help me with design for example. Help going both ways seems just like a normal exchange.