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Skills for LifeImprovement Programme
SKILLS FOR LIFE
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME
Skills for Life Awareness Raising
Skills for LifeImprovement Programme
Aim:To increase your awareness of Skills for Life
Objectives:
identify what is meant by Skills for Life
be aware of the national Skills for Life strategy
identify some barriers to learning that might hinder adults improving their literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) skills
recognise where adults need to use literacy and number skills in work, training and everyday life
recognise the impact of the lack of LLN skills in the workplace
discuss one form of LLN skills assessment
consider what provision is available to support adults to improve their LLN skills
draw up an action plan, which begins to address the LLN skills issues in their workplace.
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What are Skills for Life?
“The ability to read, write and speak in English/Welsh and to use mathematics at a level necessary to function and progress at work and in society in general.”
Basic Skills Agency
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Scale of the Problem - Recap
Approx 5.2 million adults have literacy levels below Level 1 & 14.9 million have numeracy skills below this level (last SfL survey 2003)
74% of the prison population have literacy and numeracy skills below level 1
Those with poor skills are more likely to be unemployed and to live in substandard housing
Those with poor skills are also more likely to have poor physical and mental health
Poor literacy/numeracy skills are intergenerational – there is a cycle of poor skills
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History of Development
1970s – On the Move
1999 – Sir Claus Moser – ‘A Fresh Start’
2001 – Skills for Life Strategy (England & Wales)o Target numbers for adults with improved LLN skillso Developments needed to be able to achieve this.
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Achievements so far
Since 2001: 4.7 million adults have started literacy,
language and numeracy courses Over 1.5 million learners have achieved
Skills for Life qualifications (2007 target) 1,619 000 learners have achieved their
first Skills for Life qualification (including 138,000 offenders)
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Targets to 2010
Improve the literacy, language and numeracy skills of 2.25 million adults
Reduce by at least 40 per cent the number of adults in the workforce who lack NVQ 2 or equivalent qualifications
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Useful Websites
• www.sflip.org.uk
• www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus
• www.basic-skills.org.uk
• www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus/embeddinglearning
• www.skillsforlifenetwork.com