ICT Skill for Life

The UK government announced in the white paper 21st Century Skills, Realising Our Potential that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) would be included alongside literacy and numeracy as skills for life, that is, skills essential for people to live and work in a modern society. The decision was clearly based on factors such as that 90% of new jobs and 76% of existing ones require some degree of ICT skills, and the significant trend to provide government and other services online. ICT skills and knowledge are increasingly vital to be able to participate in society. Adults without ICT skills, confidence and access to technology are at serious risk of being excluded.

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