| KEY MILESTONES |
WHEN INTRODUCED |
| Getting the basics
right |
| Standards |
March 2000 |
| New basic skills curriculum |
April 2000 |
| National tests |
January 2001 |
| Improving quality |
| New initial training framework
and teacher qualifications |
Draft – March 2000 Launch – June 2001 |
| Tool-kit and intensive training
programme for teachers |
By June 2000. Completed by summer 2001 |
| Unified inspection arrangements |
Fully in place by April 2001 |
| Improving
opportunity |
| Expansion of community-based
basic skills provision |
From November 1999 |
| ICT - 700 new IT learning centres
|
From September 2000 to September
2001 |
| ICT - Up to 1000 UfI learning
centres |
In place by March 2001 |
| Expansion of workplace provision
through Skills Development Fund and Union Learning Fund |
From Autumn 1999 |
| Screening for unemployed people New programmes tailored to the needs of individual clients |
April 2000 From Spring 2001 |
| Reports on the needs of speakers
of English as a second language and those with learning difficulties or disabilities |
Spring 2000 |
| Delivering a
step-change in participation and achievement |
| Learning and Skills Council |
Fully operational from April 2001 |
| Launch of UfI |
Autumn 2000 |
| Maths Year 2000 |
From October 1999 and throughout
2000 |
