§ Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals his Department is developing on(a) extending literacy and (b) sharing scientific research costs and results for submission to the United Nations conference on environment and development in June.
§ Mr. EggarThe Government give high priority to basic skills—that is literacy and numeracy-education for adults. The Further and Higher Education Act will strengthen the position of basic skills. The Further
Durham school leavers maintained schools only 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 All leavers (000s) 10.04 9.46 9.42 9.93 9.79 8.73 9.34 8.40 8.06 7.76 FE/HE (000s) 1.65 1.77 1.71 2.20 2.16 2.02 2.26 2.32 1.94 2.72 Percentage 16.40 18.70 18.20 22.20 22.10 23.10 24.20 27.60 24.10 35.10 No qualification (000s) 1.41 1.10 1.29 1.20 1.31 0.84 1.08 0.81 0.92 0.74 Percentage 14.00 11.60 13.70 12.10 13.40 9.60 11.60 9.60 11.40 9.50 Source: School examinations survey.