News

Writing on the wall for illiterate Kiwis
24 Jun 2012
A Stuff.co.nz article details how 1 in 5 Kiwi students are leaving school without a qualification. As low skilled jobs are now demanding more literacy and numeracy skills as well as qualifications better training for entry level workers is becoming crucial.
New literacy assessment tool from the Labour Department
1 Oct 2011
An article by the Hospitality Standards Institute highlights the new ‘Take the test’ literacy assessment tool. This tool was developed by the Department of Labour to help employers assess the literacy skills of their workforce.
Literacy training to edge out competition at EasiYo
14 Jun 2011
An article published by Export New Zealand, a division of BusinessNZ, discusses how EasiYo is using workplace literacy training to give it the competitive edge.
Award entries for 2011 show positive results
13 Jun 2011
This year's Skills Highway Award entries show workplace literacy training continues to yield positive results for organisations across the country, says Labour Department Deputy Chief Executive for Policy and Research Jeremy Corban.
Millions behind on basic skills, threatens Australia's international competitiveness
4 Apr 2011
An Australian newspaper article details how Australia's international competitiveness is under threat because up to eight million Australian workers don't have the reading, writing or numeracy skills to undertake training for trade or professional jobs.
Business benefits from skills boost
31 Mar 2011
The Cardinal Logistics literacy training programme is profiled in Business to Business, a news website for small to medium companies.
Further education boosts economy by £75 billion
30 Mar 2011
Participants that started a qualification in 2008/09 will generate an additional £75bn for the [British] economy over their working lives, over and above what they would have contributed if they had not achieved these qualifications.
Changing lives with literacy
11 Feb 2011
EasiYo's workplace literacy programme is highlighted in an article published in the North Shore Times.

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Engineering bosses back literacy training
1 Jan 2011
Engineering bosses from Liddell Contracting, Longveld Engineering and Fletcher Construction are profiled, detailing how their workplace literacy training has been good for both employees and business in an article by DEEM Engineering and Manufacturing.
On the highway of skill
1 Dec 2010
An article about Cardinal Logistics' workplace literacy and numeracy course published in the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs newsletter.