Employment must be higher priority in adult education, says Ofsted
12 July 2012
When matching unemployed adults to education courses, progression to employment is not a high enough priority, finds a report from the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted).
Thu, 12 Jul 2012
When matching unemployed adults to education courses, progression to employment is not a high enough priority, finds a report from the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted).
The ‘Skills for employment’ report, published yesterday (11 July) and available on the office’s website, finds that too many programme focus on the achievement of qualifications in itself.Out of a total of 10,270 jobseekers across 31 different providers, only 19% successful got a job following their course.
Matthew Coffey, Ofsted’s national director of learning and skills, says the report “found too many courses simply lead on to more courses and do not address the urgency of getting unemployed adults into work”.
When matching unemployed adults to education courses, progression to employment is not a high enough priority, finds a report from the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted).
The ‘Skills for employment’ report, published yesterday (11 July) and available on the office’s website, finds that too many programme focus on the achievement of qualifications in itself.Out of a total of 10,270 jobseekers across 31 different providers, only 19% successful got a job following their course.
Matthew Coffey, Ofsted’s national director of learning and skills, says the report “found too many courses simply lead on to more courses and do not address the urgency of getting unemployed adults into work”.
