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| Post-14 education shake-up call | |
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| Radical changes are needed to the way post-14 education is delivered in Wales, a report is expected to say. | |
| The review by Sir Adrian Webb, former vice-chancellor of the University of Glamorgan, into further education will be released to the assembly government. | |
| More than 100 recommendations to improve education and training offered to young people are due to be outlined. | More than 100 recommendations to improve education and training offered to young people are due to be outlined. |
| Reducing the number of young people not in education or training is also expected to be highlighted. | Reducing the number of young people not in education or training is also expected to be highlighted. |
| Sir Adrian is expected to say changes are needed to close a basic skills gap which has been emerging over recent years. | Sir Adrian is expected to say changes are needed to close a basic skills gap which has been emerging over recent years. |
| The review is likely to address issues such as whether further education in Wales provides the kind of education and training people need for the jobs of the future. | |
| It is also expected to look into the funding of the sector and how to reduce the number of young people who are in neither education, employment nor training. | |
| Sir Adrian was asked to lead the review into the further education sector by the assembly government which had already identified the need to give consideration to the extent to which colleges should specialise and the focus on employability skills. | Sir Adrian was asked to lead the review into the further education sector by the assembly government which had already identified the need to give consideration to the extent to which colleges should specialise and the focus on employability skills. |