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Skills for Life Skills for Life is the Government’s strategy to tackle poor literacy, language and numeracy. The need to address these skills is driven by social inclusion and economic perspectives, and from its inception Skills for Life has sought to address these twin agendas. It recognises that employees with enhanced skills are more likely to remain in employment, progress at work and adapt to changing skills needs, and that a population with more developed literacy, language and numeracy skills will be healthier, wealthier and more active citizens.
The 3 main aims of the Skills for Life Strategy are to:
• boost demand – increase the number of learners
• boost capacity – increase the delivery potential of providers
• improve standards.
As good teachers are a pre-requisite for success, new teaching standards have been developed to promote the professionalism of the sector. At the same time, rigorous quality standards have been put in place and materials developed to support the implementation of the new infrastructure.
Basic Skills at NIACE offering - The PLUS materials give exciting yet practical ideas for enrichment activities. Each programme includes a practitioner pack and learner materials to complement this. These resources have been developed as part of the Youth Justice Board Board’s literacy and numeracy strategy and they tackle literacy and numeracy skills from a number of different angles
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The 3 main aims of the Skills for Life Strategy are to:
• boost demand – increase the number of learners
• boost capacity – increase the delivery potential of providers
• improve standards.
As good teachers are a pre-requisite for success, new teaching standards have been developed to promote the professionalism of the sector. At the same time, rigorous quality standards have been put in place and materials developed to support the implementation of the new infrastructure.
Basic Skills at NIACE offering - The PLUS materials give exciting yet practical ideas for enrichment activities. Each programme includes a practitioner pack and learner materials to complement this. These resources have been developed as part of the Youth Justice Board Board’s literacy and numeracy strategy and they tackle literacy and numeracy skills from a number of different angles
Please see useful links for other Skills for Life organisations
NRDC latest e-newsletter - You can find other Skills for Life newsletters on the WMLD newsletter page.
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