URL: Focus on literacy and numeracy paying off
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says the government’s focus on foundation skills has seen the number of adults accessing programmes with a strong literacy and numeracy component more than quadruple since 2008. In 2008, less than 15,000 adult learners accessed foundation courses with embedded literacy and numeracy. Last year, that number was 35,000 and this year it will be as high as 70,000. Speaking at the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Symposium, Mr Joyce says lifting levels of literacy and numeracy is essential...
