British training is blamed with two surveys underlining the extremely weak skills level, especially among young people. This is alarming for businesses who are now hiring abroad to make up for the shortages of the education system. (Ref. 130631)
1 in 4 Britons has the same arithmetic level as a 10-year-old, while more than 16 percent of the population reads like a kid out of grammar school: these are the most shocking results of a report published on October 8 by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Dedicated to the evolution of adults’ skills, this comparative study carried out in 24 countries (1) among 166,000 people aged 16 to 65, heaps the British education system, so much so that recruiters are...
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