Saturday 19 April 2008

Skills shortages continue to pose problems as the Leitch Report fails to make an impact

via Onrec.com - United Kingdom headlines on 4 April


Over half (53%) of organisations say their learning and development work has not yet been influenced by the government's post-Leitch skills agenda.


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Hazel's comment:
Now customary for me to add a comment but there's really not much to add. A "grain of comfort" is the number of organisations that have signed up for "Train to Gain". It must be a very small grain as so much of that training seems to me, from talking to colleagues in the local networks, is about filling the gaps left by formal, compulsory education. Young people leaving school should be able to read and write adequately whatever else they can't do!

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