The NSW Government has launched its Adult and Community Education Strategy, outlining its plan to deliver crucial training and education in language, literacy, numeracy and digital to equip disadvantaged learners and enable them to enter the skilled workforce.
The Strategy will be supported by a Federal Government investment of $22.8 million over 5 years to build literacy, numeracy and other key foundational skills among some of the state’s most disadvantaged learners, with the funding aiming to develop work-readiness skills for these learners and builds on the NSW Government’s $24.2 million annual investment in the Adult and Community Education sector.
The new strategy aims to ensure the adult and community education sector builds learners’ skills and confidence and supports their access to further learning. and ability to enter the workforce, with Strategic partnerships and targeted funding to help increase the sector’s impact, particularly with Community Colleges Australia, to create further opportunities and address sector challenges.
Minister for Skills and Training, Andrew Giles, says all Australians deserve to have the language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills to meet their career potential and the demands of daily life, and that this investment in Adult Community Education will complement the Skills for Education and Employment program, providing targeted support to priority groups who may find it difficult to engage with mainstream education.
