Media Release: ISC: ‘No More Excuses’ - Industry Skills Councils call for action on adult literacy skills 04.04.11

Date published : 4  April  2011 

Almost half of Australia's working age population does not have the reading, writing or numeracy skills to participate effectively in the type of training required for trade or professional jobs. As a result, between 7 and 8 million Australians are in danger of being confined to low-wage jobs with little prospect of improvement. Australia's eleven Industry Skills Councils have jointly released a new report calling for urgent action to remedy this situation.

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