Ordered by the government, the Leitch report on training sounds the alarm on the deficiencies of the British training system. And Gordon Brown, the Minister of Finance, draws the conclusions by making education a priority of his budget. (Ref 061233)
Nowadays, 5 million persons don’t have the fundamentals of reading and writing, and more than 17 millions can’t count correctly. One pupil in six leaves the school without knowing how to read, write or count correctly. Consequently, Great Britain is a “mediocre” player in the global economy, with a weak productiveness and a lack of skilled labor, and things should become worse as globalization implies more and more trained professionals. « If we do not improve our competences, we are condemned
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