Five-year training sector plan unveiled
The landmark strategy should bring formal structures to a sector with more than 200,000 learners for the first time. Launching the strategy developed by Solas, the authority set up to oversee the sector, Education Minister Ruairi Quinn said further education and training (FET) has a vital role to play in ensuring people are able to find work and be paid for it.
“As our economy recovers, we need to ensure that people, particularly the unemployed, have the ‘job- ready’ skills needed to compete for an increasing number of new jobs coming on stream,” said Mr Quinn.
