Skills Minister David Lammy today (1 July 2008) congratulated Transport for London for pushing the number of employees now covered by the Skills Pledge, a key Government initiative to boost the nation’s skills, to over four million.
Transport for London becomes the latest employer to commit to giving every one of its 20,000 employees access to high quality training, to develop their skills and work towards a qualification. Nearly four thousand employers across the country have now made the pledge.
David Lammy said: “Transport for London can be proud of the crucial role it plays in keeping London – and the nation – competitive. Through the Skills Pledge, TfL underlines its commitment to ensuring all its staff have the opportunity to access new training which is relevant to their jobs and particularly important in the run-up to the 2012 Games.
“Every employee has the potential to contribute to business performance and improve standards of customer service, but this potential can only be unlocked if every employee can access high-quality training.
“The Government has made a massive investment in training and skills, ensuring every company and organisation can identify and meet their training needs through Train to Gain, Apprenticeships and through partnerships with education and training providers. So today I am calling on every employer in the country who has not yet done so, to make a public commitment to developing world class skills.”
The Skills Pledge is a voluntary, public commitment by the leadership of a company or organisation to support all its employees to develop their basic skills, including literacy and numeracy, and work towards relevant, valuable qualifications to at least Level 2 (equivalent to 5 good GCSEs).
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