The much-vaunted government aim of meeting the Leitch Review target of Britain having a ‘world class’ workforce by 2020 now seems doomed to failure unless something is done to move from aspirations to real progress.
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) says that the country’s skills base is “unlikely to improve, let alone become world class,” by 2020, unless radical action is taken by government, employers and individuals to increase qualification take-up.
Lord Leitch published his final report in December 2006 which called for 90% of the workforce to have at least Level 2 skills by 2020.
The UK CES report ‘Ambition 2020: World Class Skills and Jobs for the UK’, challenges the government and businesses to redouble efforts to raise ambitions and skills to prevent the UK slipping behind international competitors in jobs, productivity and competitiveness.
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