Lifelong Learning to be cut short?
I got an email today from a friend to notify me of a Government consultation paper on the future of informal adult education. Responses are required by June 12th. As she sees it, “In a nutshell…if you read between the lines… it says “Who needs informal classes when you can learn by typing stuff into Google now or watching the TV, Vocational classes are so much more important. We might as well leave all this informal learning to volunteers and book groups”"
A website has been set up called “Save Adult Education” where you can read about it and sign an online petition. You can find it at http://www.saveadulteducation.co.uk/
Better still, for those with the energy and resilience necessary you can read the Government’s own consultation paper and submit your comments at http://www.adultlearningconsultation.org.uk/consult/
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