1. National Foundation Skills Strategy for Adults Jen Coughran Manager Adult Literacy Policy

2. Foundation Skills

3. Working-age Australians by labour force status 6,850,860 4,567,240 (40%) ALLS Level 3 and above^ ALLS Level 1 and 2^ Employed (11,418,100) ǂ Unemployed (618,800) ǂ 247,520 371,280 (60%) Not in the Labour Force (3,976,210) ¥ 1,322,885 2,653,325 (67%) ǂ Trend series data from ABS 2010, 6202.0 Labour Force Australia, December 2010), (pg. 1). ¥ Data taken from ABS 2009, 6220.0 Persons not in the Labour Force. Summary Results, September 2009 (pg. 10). ^ The ALLS levels here are extrapolated from ABS 2006, 4228.0 Australian Literacy and Life Skills Survey, Summary Results (pg. 38) which shows that approximately 40% of the employed, approximately 60% of the unemployed and approximately 67% of people not in the labour force had document literacy scores below Level 3. Legend = 100,000 people

4. Literacy skill levels, ALLS 2006 Unemployed In employment

5. National Foundation Skills Strategy for Adults Target: by 2022 two thirds of working age Australians will have literacy and numeracy skills at ALLS Level 3 or above National Priority Areas 1. Raising awareness and commitment to action 2. Ensuring that adult learners have high quality learning opportunities & outcomes 3. Strengthening foundation skills in the workplace 4. Building the capacity of the education & training workforces to deliver foundation skills

6. What does it all mean? VET Workforce The Strategy

7. Key documents  National Foundation Skills Strategy for Adults (NFSS)  Core Skills for Work Developmental Framework (CSfW)  Adult Literacy & Life Skills Survey (ALLS) 2006  Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) Jen Coughran P: 02 6102 8301 E: jennifer.coughran@innovation.gov.aujennifer.coughran@innovation.gov.au

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