Objectives
The Skills for Life strategy has one over-riding target (A) and four key delivery objectives (B-E):
A. PSA target: to improve the basic skills levels of 2.25 million adults between the launch of Skills for Life in 2001 and 2010, with an interim target of 1.5 million adults by 2007
B. Learner and employer engagement: to engage and increase participation of young people and adults from priority groups in literacy, language and numeracy learning
C. Ensuring capacity: to improve the planning and funding of literacy, language and numeracy provision so that learning provision is effective and well co-ordinated
D. Improving quality: to improve standards and quality in teaching and learning in literacy, language and numeracy and to remodel and professionalise the Skills for Life workforce.
E. Improving achievement and progression: to improve outcomes in literacy, language and numeracy provision and progression onto further learning and to assess the impact on social inclusion and economic outcomes.
Target groups
- Unemployed people and benefit claimants
- Jobseekers
- Prisoners and those supervised in the community
- Public sector employees
- Low-skilled people in employment
- Young adults
- Other groups at risk of exclusion
- Parents
- People who live in disadvantaged communities
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