tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65636538470518739082012-02-16T18:55:18.332-08:00Cfbt Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13619007304266230457noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563653847051873908.post-91187963841478030922011-07-19T11:46:00.000-07:002011-07-19T11:46:41.483-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Skills for Life</b> is the national strategy in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> for improving adult <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy" title="Literacy">literacy</a>, language (<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESOL" title="ESOL">ESOL</a>) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeracy" title="Numeracy">numeracy</a> skills. The strategy was launched by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in March 2001.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Skills for Life strategy sets out how the Government will reach its Public Service Agreement (PSA) target to improve "the basic skill levels of 2.25 million adults between the launch of Skills for Life in 2001 and 2010, with a milestone of 1.5 million in 2007". This PSA target is part of the wider objective to "tackle the adult skills gaps", by increasing the number of adults with the skills required for employability and progression to higher levels of training.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Leitch Review, (<a class="external text" href="http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/523/43/leitch_finalreport051206.pdf" rel="nofollow"><i>Prosperity for all in the global economy - world class skills</i>, Dec 2006</a>) commissioned by the Government, has indicated the next likely <i>Skills for Life</i> target. The Review recommends that the UK commit to becoming a world leader in skills by 2020 with a basic skills objective "for 95% of adults to achieve the basic skills of functional literacy and numeracy" by 2020 (a total of 7.4 million adult attainments over the period).</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6563653847051873908-9118796384147803092?l=cfbtindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cfbt Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13619007304266230457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563653847051873908.post-84679350519103601622011-07-15T09:07:00.003-07:002011-07-15T09:43:48.926-07:00Welcome to CFBT India<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6563653847051873908-8467935051910360162?l=cfbtindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cfbt Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13619007304266230457noreply@blogger.com0