Core Skills Profile for Adults

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Australian Council for Educational Research
19 Prospect Hill Rd, Camberwell, VIC, Australia 3124

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Blanca Camacho
Senior Project Director
+61 3 9277 5498

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Rebecca Simpson
Project Officer
+61 3 9277 5761

National programs and strategies currently driving the demand for action to improve the LLN skills of adults include:

• the Industry Skills Councils April 2011 report, No More Excuses: An industry response to the language, literacy and numeracy challenge

• the Skills Australia May 2011 report, Skills for Prosperity: A roadmap for vocational education and training

• the Commonwealth Government May 2011 report, Building Australia’s Future Workforce: Skills to promote increased participation

• the research and report by the Australian Industry Group released in 2011 as the National Workforce Literacy Project: Report on employers views on workplace literacy and numeracy skills

• release of the revised Australian Core Skills Framework

• the announcement of the National Foundation Skills Strategy for Adults. The strategy sets out a target for two thirds of working age Australians to have literacy and numeracy skills at Level 3 or above by 2022, and

• Skilling Australia's Future Workforce program, worth $3 billion over six years.