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By Sue Mennell (27-03-2007)
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Key findings include:

• The number of young learners (aged under 19) increased by 5.1% over 2005 to 688,000.
• Participation by young learners on full level 2 and full level 3 programmes was up by 10.2% and 7.6% respectively
• The number of adult learners participating in Skills for Life programmes in 2006 was up by 17.1% on 2005 to 155,700
• The number of adult learners on full level 2 programmes increased by 7.3%.

The figures were welcomed by Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education, Bill Rammell.  He said: “To meet the skills challenges we face and rise to the aspirations set in the Leitch report we must focus increasingly on the priorities we have set out to give people the skills they need for employability. The increases in adult full Level 2 provision (GCSE equivalent) and the fact that we have reached our interim target of 1 million adults achieving their first full Level 2 qualification is good news for the economy and the country.”

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