KWETB Integration Newsletter May Edition | Page 6

KWETB SOLAS/Further Education & Training supports the active inclusion of people of all abilities. • Roy Brennan and Mary Mooty, Projects and Support staff on the demographics of the area and the local, national, current and forecasted skills needs of the economy. • Alison Fox, Youth Officer on strategies to engage young people under 25 in further education and training and develop pathways for learners through further and higher education and to employment. These Plans will be submitted as part of the 2015 Further Education and Training Services Plan. KWETB is the largest provider of further education in the region, last year providing almost 1000 courses to over 12,000 learners across a range of part-time and full-time courses. particularly those furthest from the labour market. In the afternoon, Area based planning groups began to develop local plans for further education in 2015 and beyond which are responsive to the needs of learners, will meet the skills needs in the local economy Consolidating further, after much preparatory work, the transfer of responsibility for training delivery will happen on 1st July this year. The range of training provision is wide and includes specific skills training, traineeships, local training initiatives, special training programmes and community training. 1,000 courses to over 14,000 learners 6 February 2015