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Funding priorities for adult learning not adequately addressed by Government

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Summary

This Report examines issues in the further education and skills training sector, expressing concerns that the Foster Review proposals - that colleges "should have as their primary purpose the building of skills" - are not radical enough.

It also addresses the issue that current funding priorities have not been been adequately addressed in the Government's recent White Paper 'Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances' (Cm 6768) which proposed new incentives for colleges to develop areas of special excellence, with new accreditation and a more direct role for employers; a trial programme of learner accounts and a new entitlement to free training and education for the under-25s; and a system for planning and funding provision designed to reduce regulatory bureaucracy at all levels, with an enhanced strategic role for the Learning and Skills Council.

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This is a House of Commons Paper (HC 649): it is a report from the Education and Skills Committee.
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How does it affect me?

If you work in adult education or attend classes as part of an adult education scheme, this affects you.

This Report finds that coherent planning and funding machinery is essential to the overall development of further education and that this needs to be reviewed as Government proposals are inadequate.

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