Functional Skills tests
A piece in the TES (FE Focus) today.
It details the problems that students suffer if they are not prepared for the problem solving aspects of the Functional Skills assessments. One comment caught my eye though.
Debbie Ribchester, curriculum manager at the Association of Colleges, said: “Functional skills are certainly seen as more academically rigorous, and [...]
CBI: Fixing UK’s education system is key to future investment
A lack of skills poses a serious risk to the UK’s crucial ability to attract firms in the fierce global market, the business group warned.
“Business investment is going to be critical to restore the UK’s economic health,” said John Cridland, director general at the CBI.
“Education and skills is probably the most important thing that government [...]
Young people and unemployment
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/13/unemployment-fifth-young-people-jobless
1 in 5 16-24 years is without job - reported in the Guardian today.
More rumblings about lack of employability skills
More rumblings as we spotted this on BBC Radio 5.
Sounds like the person in question is describing functional skills?
Guroo has also launched a site for students to access who go to schools that are not subscribers to the normal guroo service. Click here for more details of www.myguroo.co.uk
Unfit for work story rumbles on
This story has now moved away from the heavies and into the more popular press, it’s made the Daily Mail front page on Friday.
School leavers unfit for work: ‘Firms forced to spend billions on remedial training for victims of education failure’
By KATE LOVEYS
It isn’t going away, and it won’t go away whilst young people are [...]
More support for Functional Skills
Lots of good press comment and support for Functional Skills today including this news item, from Edexcel.
However, this should not take away from the fact that Functional Skills are challenging, worthwhile qualifications, denoting a marker of student excellence. Our Functional Skills results will be published online shortly to reflect this.
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