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UK policy drivers. In 2004, Xxxx Xxxxxx was commissioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Education and Skills to undertake a review to consider what the UK’s long-term ambition should be for “developing skills in order to maximise economic prosperity, productivity and to improve social justice” (Xxxxxx, 2006, p.1). In response, the interim report (Xxxxxx, 2005) and the pivotal final report, published in December 2006 (Xxxxxx, 2006) suggested that, despite some notable improvements in recent years, particularly with regards to employment levels and higher-level skills acquisition, the current productivity and skills levels in the UK lag behind comparator countries. Even if the UK can meet its current ambitious Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets for improving skills, the report suggests that by the year 2020 the UK skills base will still fail to be world class. “Without increased skills, we would condemn ourselves to a lingering decline in competitiveness, diminishing economic growth and a bleaker future for all.” (Xxxxxx, 2006, p.1) In order to deliver the necessary step- change in the skills levels of the UK workforce by the year 2020, the report emphasises the need to: • tackle the numbers of low-skilled adults without qualifications, basic literacy and numeracy • invest more in intermediate skills • further increase the proportion of adults holding a degree. It is recommended that all four UK home countries seek to meet targets of: • 95% of adults achieving functional literacy and numeracy • exceeding 90% of the adult population qualified to at least NVQ level 2 • shifting the balance of intermediate skills from NVQ level 2 to NVQ level 3 • exceeding 40% of the adult population qualified to NVQ level 4 and above. Throughout the report, Xxxxxx (2006) emphasises that more than 70% of what will be the workforce in the year 2020 are already in work, over 80% in Scotland. On this basis it is essential that adults can access excellent information and guidance, skills training and the development that they need to build sustainable and productive careers. Moreover, there are currently over six million adults with poor basic skills, approximately half of who are currently in work. Economic forecasting suggests that by the year 2020 there will be less than 600,000 such jobs suitable for those with poor levels of literacy or numeracy. For England, Xxxxxx suggests a number of structural refinements building on the current system in order to enabl...
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