The Government Says

'...consider that basic skills should be addressed during compulsory schooling and not as part of further or work based learning programmes or even by employers!' -- Alison Phillips

As a work based trainer/assessor I am concerned at the number of learners...

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/basicskills2007/

seen at 17:14, 3 August in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions.

TGS