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
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February 2015