What is happening with numeracy?
NCETM has been commissioned by DIUS to work with key partners to develop a National Numeracy for Employability Strategy. This if the background to the NCETM project, Making Numeracy Matter Even More: A National Strategy.. Raising numeracy/mathematics skills is one of the biggest challenges as identified in the Leitch Report. An estimated 6.8 million adults currently have numeracy skills at below Entry 3, and the government has set a target of an additional 390,000 adults achieving at least a numeracy Entry 3 qualification by 2011. Meeting this challenging target for functional numeracy will involve a considerable increase on current levels of provision and achievement.
