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Courses for jobseekers are not leading them into employment
12 Jul 2012
Today Ofsted published its Skills for employment report, launched at its first annual Learning and Skills lecture held at City and Islington College, London. As well as the report, some of the issues being discussed today include the trials facing young people wanting to go into further education and the inherent challenges in further education in promoting social mobility and securing economic growth.
The Skills for employment report found that when matching unemployed adults to specific courses, progression to employment was not a high enough priority. Too many programmes focused on achievement of qualifications and courses did not extend to training that lead to job specific skills. When looking at the overall proportion of a total of 10,270 jobseekers spanning 31 different further education providers Ofsted found only 19 per cent were successful in getting a job. Many providers were not offering jobseekers challenging enough courses that were likely to increase their chances of sustained employment.
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Courses for jobseekers are not leading them into employment
12 Jul 2012
Today Ofsted published its 'Skills for employment' report, launched at its first annual Learning and Skills lecture held at City and Islington College, London.
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