Press Release
ATL comment on conservatives' skills green paper
Wednesday, July 23 2008
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said, "We are pleased the Conservatives’ Green Paper recognises the importance of skills training and apprenticeships, both for the economy and for social cohesion. However, we remain to be convinced these proposals can be funded solely by reallocating existing funding.
"We fear reintroducing a Further Education Funding Council, which does not involve local authorities, will reduce the potential for local accountability.
"Providing good quality apprenticeships requires more than just money and dealing with red tape, so while the £2,000 (proposed in the Green Paper) would help small companies take on an apprentice, coping with the added responsibility of providing good training and looking after the young person’s welfare could be beyond the capacity of many small companies."
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