Report urges “demand-led education” to plug skills gap

Posted on 16 Sep 2014 by Victoria Fitzgerald

The manufacturing sector is calling on Government to move towards "demand-led education" to help the sector bridge the current skills gap.

Businesses contributing to a Manifesto for Manufacturing report compiled by the Manufacturing Group at MHA, the national association of independent accountants, say secondary and tertiary education needs to be re-focused away from “abstract academic targets” towards skills needed by employers. The recommendations in the report, which will be sent to politicians of every political persuasion…

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