Welcome to the home pages of the working group on post-school basic skills chaired by Sir Claus Moser. The Working Group was appointed by the Secretary of State in June 1998. It is chaired by Sir Claus Moser, Chairman of the Basic Skills Agency and its members include experts from adult further education, industry, national and local government and those with direct experience of adult learning. Its terms of reference state clear objectives for improving adult basic skills. A Fresh Start is the report of the Working Group and it proposes a National Strategy - complementary to the strategies now in place for schools - which is intended to succeed in attracting potential learners into study schemes.

"We have found that people are staggered when one confronts them with the basic facts about literacy and numeracy, and rightly so...It is a state of affairs that cannot be allowed to continue, and our Report proposes a wide-ranging approach to the challenge..."
Foreword by Sir Claus Moser

Please note that you can also Download the Implementation Plan, Annex, Summary and Recommendations. Contact Us enables you to send us questions and comments online.

Click here to go to the UKLL Homepage or the DfEE World Wide Web site. This page was last updated on the 30th March 1999.