Thursday, March 26, 2015

Adult education in England will cease to exist by 2020

Adult education in England will no longer exists by 2020 if the government continues its current austerity measures, hundreds of colleges have warned.

The Association of Colleges says nearly 200,000 adult education places will go out of business next year, with courses for health, public services and care, and information and communication technology (ICT) to be hit the hardest.

The colleges say if budget cuts continue at the current rate, “there will no longer be an adult education system remaining to support students aged 19 and over” .... http://www.presstv.ir