Courtesy of Steve
Besley (Pearson), Ian Pursglove (Ofqual), Sue Southwood (ETF) and Helen Groves
(Ofsted), all speakers at the EMSkills conference.
Government policy in post-16 education is being driven by three key factors:
Government policy in post-16 education is being driven by three key factors:
- Dash
for apprenticeship growth
- Transition
from Government grants to loans and levies.
- Emergence
of a different FE sector coming out of the Area Reviews with more focus
and larger bodies.
Central to the
commitment is maths and English which the Government see as a backbone for
learning and a key mechanism for social improvement.
Ofqual re-iterated the purpose of Functional Skills. "There are some skills that are fundamental: to be successful in life and at work, people must be able to read and write and to use numbers with confidence."
Ofqual re-iterated the purpose of Functional Skills. "There are some skills that are fundamental: to be successful in life and at work, people must be able to read and write and to use numbers with confidence."
- Functional
Skills qualifications were/are not broken
- Functional
Skills are not stepping stone qualifications – Ministers no longer refer
to this
- There
is room for improvement though - hence the reform programme
The purpose of the
reform programme is to make sure that the regulation of maths and English
Functional Skills qualifications allows the development and award of valid
qualifications and reflects any policy changes to the qualifications.”
The overall objective is that employers report improved maths and English skills. the reform programme will look at
“English and maths in an IT rich environment” as the basis of the new set of standards replacing those set 15 years ago.
In particular there will be new content and skills for Functional Skills and increasing breadth so they have parity with GCSE and support those 48% of learners leaving school with poor levels of maths and English
The outcomes for August 2016 are for both Ministers Gibb and Boles. They are:
The overall objective is that employers report improved maths and English skills. the reform programme will look at
“English and maths in an IT rich environment” as the basis of the new set of standards replacing those set 15 years ago.
In particular there will be new content and skills for Functional Skills and increasing breadth so they have parity with GCSE and support those 48% of learners leaving school with poor levels of maths and English
The outcomes for August 2016 are for both Ministers Gibb and Boles. They are:
- Revised
set of standards of National Adult Literacy and Numeracy Standards
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