20th July 2007
TBG Learning has welcomed the new Government report ‘World Class Skills’, published on 18 July. It addresses the serious effects of the UK’s weak skills base identified by Lord Leitch. More than a third of adults in the UK do not have a basic school leaving qualification and five million people have no qualifications at all.
The Government will introduce new legislation to strengthen the current funding entitlement for adults to training in basic literacy and numeracy, giving adults a legal right to free training for the first time. Eligible benefit claimants will have Skills Accounts to help them access training and a new adult careers service will be launched for low-skilled and unemployed adults.
As a leading provider of market-led training and support, TBG Learning has helped hundreds of people to improve their employability through courses including literacy, numeracy, computing and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). All Learning Centres are accredited by Learndirect, the Government’s drive to increase skill and qualification levels through online learning, making available hundreds of courses to follow online.
TBG Learning also works with employers, helping staff to gain National Vocational Qualifications through regular workplace learning as part of Apprenticeship and Train to Gain programmes. In the new plans, the Train to Gain service for employers will be expanded.
Martin Dunford, Chief Executive, TBG Learning, says:
“Lord Leitch’s final report was all about the need to increase the numbers of people with skills that are needed by employers. At TBG Learning we help people improve their skill and qualification levels and give them the advice and guidance they need to massively increase their employability. We are also raising people’s aspirations and improving their awareness of the life changing benefits of learning.”
In a Government inspection by the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) last year TBG Learning was described as ‘outstanding’ in its approach to Equality of Opportunity. It was praised for the way it attracts and motivates people of all ages and abilities and from all sections of the community.