UK: FREE BASIC TRAINING FOR UNEMPLOYED
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The government is piloting a GB[pound] 150mn scheme to help seven million illiterate adults learn basic English and mathematics after Education Secretary David Blunkett said that people could earn an extra GB[pound] 1,000 a year if they improved their maths and English. At present, one in ten adults cannot read the instructions on a bottle of soluble paracetamol, and one in four cannot work out the change from GB[pound] 2.00 if GB[pound] 1.35 is tendered. Ministers have promised that by 2002, 500,000 people will be taking the basic courses in numeracy and literacy, and have targeted that the number of those who have problems in these areas will be cut to 750,000 by 2004.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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Don't be fooled by China
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China is seeking to withstand financial instability in Asia with a mixture of statist economics and Leninist politics. It is right that western countries are seeking constructive engagement with China, but this should not involve being unaware of what is happening to China's economy. Alleged economic stability in China has been grounded on controls over capital flows, which western countries have been placing other Asia countries under pressure to abolish. China's economic reform process has also been hampered by the political risks of going ahead with it.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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UK: COLLEGE H-TECH CENTRES TO BE ESTABLISHED
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David Blunkett, the Secretary of State for Education, is to announce that more than 200 specialist colleges will be established nationwide in order to train workers to fill both local and national skill shortages. Under the proposals more than half of the UK's 438 colleges will be transformed into national "centres of excellence" offering courses in industrial and academic education and high technology by 2004. Specialist areas are expected to include aerospace, engineering, computing or construction.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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