“Of employers who rate the competency of their low-skilled staff as poor or satisfactory, over half report problems with literacy” “There are too many adults who lack basic literacy skills. In 2006 a Government sponsored review into basic skills, the Leitch Review, found that more than five million adults lack functional literacy, the level needed […]

Numeracy Literacy Research “17 million adults are working at ‘Entry Levels’ – roughly equivalent to the standard expected by the end of primary school. The equivalent figure for literacy is 5 million adults.” Employers Recent surveys show widespread concern amongst employers about their employees’ basic skills. The CBI’s 2008 audit surveyed 735 firms employing 1.7 […]