News
Consultation On Future Of Skills Launched
22/07/2010
By Claire West
Skills Minister John Hayes has today invited employers, individuals, colleges and training organisations to share their ideas on how they would like skills policy to be set out in the future.
The consultation document Skills for Sustainable Growth outlines BIS's vision for skills and what are expected to be the key elements of a strategy for delivering it.
This is complemented by the consultation FE and Skills Funding System and Methodology for Further Education colleges and training organisations, following an independent review by Chris Banks, CBE.
The documents invite views on:
- How private investment in skills can be optimised in accordance with benefits and to allow public money to be used most effectively where it is most needed;
- Where more limited public investment should be focused and the skills system can be made simpler and more effective;
- How support for individuals and employers can be improved to develop skills and learning and meet the needs of the economy;
- How businesses can be encouraged to engage in supporting local community learning;
- Holding colleges and other training organisations to account for their performance in responding to learners and employers needs and to prioritising training that adds real economic value.
John Hayes, minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, said:
""Skills are vital for our economy but they also help to build stronger communities and empower individuals. Only by seeing learning as a single whole, not a series of separate compartments, can we ensure that it takes its place at heart of both business strategy and community life.
[i]"Delivering future priorities will involve making difficult choices about the use of public funds. I believe that we can deliver more and save money. But we will only achieve cost effectiveness by challenging the orthodox assumptions about what skills are for, how they are funded... continued on page two >
Advertisement
Rate
Bookmark
