 Teaching skills to apprentices is now an education priority |
Further education colleges in east England say they have lost �10m funding because of government priority changes. Hundreds of adult education courses have been axed because resources are being directed towards developing skills in the 16 to 19 age group.
Bill Rammell, MP for Harlow, said: "This group is now a priority... Money is still available for adults with reading and writing difficulties."
More classes are being provided for apprentices and those learning a trade.
However cash is being diverted away from adult learners.
Dunstable College has axed 66 further education courses this year and hardest hit are community care and information technology students.
Andrew Selous, MP for SW Bedfordshire, claims that the �900,000 cut at Dunstable is aimed at front line further education courses.
Thousands of further education courses are said to have been closed across the eastern counties because of the change of policy.
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