Letter: The high price of adult education cuts
Monday 10th January 2011, 6:00AM GMT.
Letter: It has come to my attention that short evening classes for adults are no longer going to be run at Telford College due to cuts in college funding.
This is going to have a major impact on the local community.
Many people who want to return to work after having children or an illness and need to retrain for employment will not now be able to do so. Also the tutors who run the evening classes will have to look elsewhere to gain extra teaching hours. This may mean they leave the profession.
Many students have aspirations of achieving their goals but these cuts are going to prevent someone getting off benefits and back into paid employment.
Fiona Smith
St Georges
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Are these not just community Ed type classes, SUCH AS, FLOWER ARRANGING , COOKING, LEARN FRENCH ETC ??? if they are then is it really a big loss ?.
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I can see why they need cutting, with a “Guitar teacher” position advertised at nearly 40k… to teach the basics of picking out a chord.
Disgraceful!
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Andrew,
didnt you hear about the national shortage of flower arrangers?
The government has had to grant 30,000 highly skilled migrant visas to plug the gap.
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It is computer based courses like ECDL, web design and other technical courses which are skills required in a working environment that are being affected as well as those mentioned above.
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Further education classes are, yes, about people enhancing their job prospects by gaining new skills. They are also about second chances. Not every one stays on at school after 16. Adult education classes – even flower arranging or keep fit – are a way back into eductation – a chance to test out college in a fairly low risk way – they are also a means of socialising – and this is important with family breakdowns – for all ages. Socialising has been shown to improve mental and physical health so can save us all money in the long run. An educated, engaged social community is good for the country and for all citizens. I gained the courage to get an OU degree, going on to masters level -part-time and all paid for myself. How did I start back to education? with a yoga class and I am grateful I had the opportunity – a second chance that I would hope everyone could have.
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